[drupal-docs] Notes from documentation conference call thismorning

[Bryan Rieger]

Hey Boris,

Flash Comm is a little different than Laszlo. Laszlo is more akin to Flex -
which is a language (xml + ecmascript) for creating 'rich-internet
applications' - although Laszlo does provide direct proxy with the server
for data exchange. Flash Comm is more of a multi-user chat, audio/video
server. There are a number of free and open socket servers available, but
none so far that provide the audio/video support that FlashComm does.

I believe Canter was on about urging someone to create a free and open
alternative to Flash Comm. Would be a very interesting addition in the
'social app' space.

Cheers,

Bryan Rieger 


> Flash Communication Server is *really* expensive. Now, if it 
> were Laszlo, which is free and open source, that's a different story.
> 
> I don't think we want to be locking ourselves into the 
> Macromedia trunk anytime soon.