You don't use open source software because it's better (it usually isn't).
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@mcc What... what does this announcement even MEAN.
You can keep using it... but you won't have access to your files? What are you TALKING about
@WAHa_06x36 Look more carefully at the dates. They are saying you may keep using it past the official discontinuation on 2026 March 1, but you CANNOT use it past 2027 March 1, so on that second date presumably you will lose access to your files.
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@WAHa_06x36 Look more carefully at the dates. They are saying you may keep using it past the official discontinuation on 2026 March 1, but you CANNOT use it past 2027 March 1, so on that second date presumably you will lose access to your files.
@mcc Oh. SIGH.
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You don't use open source software because it's better (it usually isn't).
You don't use open source software because it's freer (it only sometimes is).
You don't use open source software because it's got better politics (it isn't always).
You use open source software because *it is the only option*. In the long run, if it isn't open source, it doesn't exist.
image source: keithstack.com
@mcc holy shit
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@mcc holy shit
@lexfeathers Capitalism literally incompatible with software
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@lexfeathers Capitalism literally incompatible with software
@mcc Flash MX 2004 and Flash 8 are pieces of software permanently burned into my psyche, this is so sad
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@LordCaramac
You might want to look into running the software on an old linux version in a VM.Yes an old Linux is unsupported and probably full of security holes. Don't let the vm talk to the Internet and you should be fine.
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You don't use open source software because it's better (it usually isn't).
You don't use open source software because it's freer (it only sometimes is).
You don't use open source software because it's got better politics (it isn't always).
You use open source software because *it is the only option*. In the long run, if it isn't open source, it doesn't exist.
image source: keithstack.com
@mcc Blender is better.
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As someone who was a true devotee of FutureWave SmartSketch (which became FutureSplash Animator, which became Macromedia Shockwave Flash, which became Adobe Flash, which became Adobe Animator) my sorrow is incalculable. Every day I long for software I had in the 90s which I can't find anything as good as today.
@mcc Hilarious to recount the history of Flash while not mentioning that one awful company, the one that also owned Director and FreeHand and DreamWeaver and, I dunno, Swivel 3D or something.
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@mcc Hilarious to recount the history of Flash while not mentioning that one awful company, the one that also owned Director and FreeHand and DreamWeaver and, I dunno, Swivel 3D or something.
@eedly HECK! I'm kinda sick today and off my game. Also I thought Macromedia was good.
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As someone who was a true devotee of FutureWave SmartSketch (which became FutureSplash Animator, which became Macromedia Shockwave Flash, which became Adobe Flash, which became Adobe Animator) my sorrow is incalculable. Every day I long for software I had in the 90s which I can't find anything as good as today.
@mcc Sorry to hear, but IMO not surprising.
We're caught between the devil of late stage enshittification and the deep blue sea that is all the money FLYING out of the personal computer market.
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@LordCaramac
You might want to look into running the software on an old linux version in a VM.Yes an old Linux is unsupported and probably full of security holes. Don't let the vm talk to the Internet and you should be fine.
@dmaonR I would need a Linux from ~2008 for that, I think.
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@LordCaramac @Lenni @RogerBW hey just out of curiosity is this a GUI app or a command line app?
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@LordCaramac @Lenni @RogerBW hey just out of curiosity is this a GUI app or a command line app?
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@eedly HECK! I'm kinda sick today and off my game. Also I thought Macromedia was good.
@mcc I came from the Director side of things, and Macromedia's decision to have two flagship animation apps with UIs and workflows that looked very similar but were largely incompatible (I'm forgetting details here; it's been decades) was super frustrating.
The place I worked composited animations in Director and exported them using Lingo scripts and proprietary tools, and recreating that workflow from scratch for Flash was kind of a nonstarter.
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You don't use open source software because it's better (it usually isn't).
You don't use open source software because it's freer (it only sometimes is).
You don't use open source software because it's got better politics (it isn't always).
You use open source software because *it is the only option*. In the long run, if it isn't open source, it doesn't exist.
image source: keithstack.com
@mcc Margaret Thatcher’s “There Is No Alternative” but anticapitalist this time
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@mcc Margaret Thatcher’s “There Is No Alternative” but anticapitalist this time
@jason We will have socialism or we will have barbarism. But like *no really*, we mean it this time!
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You don't use open source software because it's better (it usually isn't).
You don't use open source software because it's freer (it only sometimes is).
You don't use open source software because it's got better politics (it isn't always).
You use open source software because *it is the only option*. In the long run, if it isn't open source, it doesn't exist.
image source: keithstack.com
@mcc I take exception to the line: You don't use open source software because it's better (it usually isn't).
I have been using OSS since the 90's. Back then it might have been true, and there are still some holes in some categories of OSS software, but I wouldn't trade my OSS software for today's closed source software even if someone else was paying for it.
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@Lenni @LordCaramac @RogerBW @mcc Tell us you are not a programmer without telling us you are not a programmer.
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You don't use open source software because it's better (it usually isn't).
You don't use open source software because it's freer (it only sometimes is).
You don't use open source software because it's got better politics (it isn't always).
You use open source software because *it is the only option*. In the long run, if it isn't open source, it doesn't exist.
image source: keithstack.com
@mcc Add to that: If it's open source, even a single author project, if support stops, it is still usable.
The mail client I have been using for the last 28 years has not seen any updates for 4 years. The author disappeared without a trace (probably life happened). It still works. I can still compile it. I can still fix the small issues that are annoying. I know, one day I will have to find a replacement, but today is not the day.. probably not even the year.
