Mozilla + Adobe = Love

"Tamarin project: Big news. Adobe contributes a significant amount of scripting-engine source code to Mozilla Foundation. In essence, the high-performance scripting in Adobe Flash Player 9 will soon be available in Firefox, Thunderbird, and other applications. Upside: much of the logic engine in Adobe Flash Player will go opensource, and a wide range of people can contribute to its success. Downside (I'm guessing): short-term confusion as we all understand the story, and possibly cloning risks from incomplete engines. See FAQ for best current info. There's an IRC chat with Brendan Eich at 10am PST Tuesday. I'll be updating this post with more resources as they appear; tomorrow I'll start a post with links to blogosphere opinions and questions, and likely a third post providing background to the Adobe Flash Player and its Virtual Machine for those studying up on the area. The Adobe Engagement Platform enables creators to engage their audiences, across operating systems, across browsers, across devices." [1]

[1] http://weblogs.macromedia.com/jd/archives/2006/11/tamarin_project.cfm