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| Panel Discussion |
The Future Is Wide Open
Open source development tools/platforms/environments will increasingly shape future generations of rich applications on the desktop and on the web. Will any single enviroment dominate the next generation of applications? How can proprietary tools survive in an increasingly open world? Will there be a clear winner? Which technologies will win is still to be decided, but one thing is clear, the future is wide open.
Aral Balken
Author, RIA Framework
Daniel Dura,
Apollo Product Manager, Adobe
David McAllister,
Director of Standards and Open Source, Adobe
Bola Rotibi,
Senior Analyst from Ovum
Carlos Ulloa,
Papervision 3D
John Davey,
Flash on the Beach |
Panel Biographies |
| Aral Balken |
Aral founded and coordinates http://osflash.org, is the author of the widely-used RIA framework, http://osflash.org/projects/arp,and the creator of http://swxformat.org, a new data exchange format for Flash. Aral is a published author and has contributed to several books and magazine articles. He is the author of the Adobe Flex 2 QuickStart Guides and has written six courses of his own that cover topics ranging from introductory Flash and ActionScript 2 to Flex 2, ActionScript 3, best practices and open source development. When he's not flying around the world consulting he can be found enjoying Life, the Internet and Everything in the lovely sea-side town of Brighton, in the United Kingdom. Aral blogs on www.aralbalkan.com. |
Daniel Dura,
Apollo Product Manager,
Adobe |
Currently based in San Francisco, California, Daniel is an Evangelist at Adobe focusing on Apollo and Flash. Before joining Macromedia he was co-founder of Dura Media LLC, a Rich Internet Application development company based in Dallas, Texas. Daniel gives presentations on Flash, Apollo, and Flex all over the world at user group meetings, conferences, and pretty much anywhere someone is willing to give a listening ear. |
David McAllister,
Director of Standards and Open Source,
Adobe |
Currently Director of Standards and Open Source for Adobe Systems Platform Unit, McAllister is recognized as a pioneer in open source enterprise computing with more than 25 years of technology experience at firms that include British Petroleum, Digital Equipment, Lockheed Martin, NEC, NASA and SGI. McAllister has also served in executive roles at four start-up firms - Egenera, 3Ware and Maxspeed and as co-founder of Cassatt Corporation. Dave has also run a successful consulting practice advising companies on strategies to accept and adopt open source practices, and in working due diligence for funding initiatives or M&A activities, including companies such as Warburg Pincus, Zetera, Woven Systems, Pathworks, BEA, and others. With a mix of engineering, marketing and pure evangelism backgrounds, Dave’s significant introduction to open source was at SGI, where he headed the company's original open source and Linux product strategies. Under his guidance, SGI funded multiple initiatives within the company (such as XFS release to open source) as well as external, including driving the creation of Sistina Software, Ada Core Technologies, and the first retail package of Debian Linux. Dave’s thoughts on open source at Adobe can be found at http://blogs.adobe.com/open. He graduated with a degree in Mathematical Statistics from Old Dominion University. |
Bola Rotibi,
Senior Analyst from Ovum |
Bola Rotibi specialises in analysing the latest software development technologies and market trends, with a particular interest in e-business applications, wireless application development and middleware. She heads up the Application Lifecycle practice covering the full range of development activities including requirements specification, design, programming, testing and configuration management. A respected industry expert, Bola has an in-depth understanding of the companies that operate in these markets. Bola also uses this expertise on consulting assignments for clients. She is regularly sought after to provide advice on emerging technologies such as web services, .NET, MDA and hosted development services, and is often quoted in the trade press. Bola is a Chartered Engineer and has industry experience spanning the full software development lifecycle across a variety of industry sectors, encompassing network computing and application development.Prior to joining Ovum, Bola worked for a number of years as a software developer for Reuters, focusing on implementing a new architecture strategy. |
Carlos Ulloa,
Papervision 3D |
Carlos Ulloa is an interactive designer & developer, currently based in London and working under the studio name of carlosulloa.com. He has been passionately involved with interactive entertainment since the early 90s. During his experience in the games industry, while at Psygnosis and Sony, he oversaw and participated in the development of several titles for PC and PlayStation. In 1999, he moved into Flash development where he worked for OgilvyInteractive in Madrid, DoubleYou in Barcelona and Hi-ReS! in London, among other design and advertising agencies. During these years, his Flash work has evolved into the fields of graphic and typographic effects, motion design, interactivity and 3D. He is also the creator and Project Lead of Papervision3D, an Open Source 3D engine for Flash. |
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