http://www.abdulqabiz.com/blog/archives/2008/03/22/why-not-adobe-max-in-india-my-opinion/ a developer and entrepreneur on web technologies, adobe flash platform (flex, flash, air), web, opensource, linux, free software, usability, startups, India... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:56:06 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.abdulqabiz.com/blog/archives/2008/03/22/why-not-adobe-max-in-india-my-opinion/comment-page-1/#comment-1921 Abdul Qabiz Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:11:34 +0000 http://www.abdulqabiz.com/wordpress/?p=397#comment-1921 @Peter Macromedia used to organize MAX (so called) thingy in INdia. But MM sales guys tried to pitch project most of the time. Last time we had it in 2004, we saw some external speakers - Macromedia partners (indiagames, etc). I am sure, it can happen anytime. I suspect, it's not Adobe USA which has to decide, it's Adobe India management. Adobe India would have to spend money from their budget, since it's different business unit.. That could have been the reason, Ted's promise (last year) couldn't work out now, just guessing :-) Posted more thoughts on Mrinal's post, please check it out. Thanks -abdul @Peter Macromedia used to organize MAX (so called) thingy in INdia. But MM sales guys tried to pitch project most of the time. Last time we had it in 2004, we saw some external speakers – Macromedia partners (indiagames, etc).
I am sure, it can happen anytime. I suspect, it’s not Adobe USA which has to decide, it’s Adobe India management. Adobe India would have to spend money from their budget, since it’s different business unit..
That could have been the reason, Ted’s promise (last year) couldn’t work out now, just guessing
Posted more thoughts on Mrinal’s post, please check it out.
Thanks
-abdul

]]> http://www.abdulqabiz.com/blog/archives/2008/03/22/why-not-adobe-max-in-india-my-opinion/comment-page-1/#comment-1920 Peter Elst Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:26:42 +0000 http://www.abdulqabiz.com/wordpress/?p=397#comment-1920 Thanks for your perspective Abdul, its a very interesting read! While I would love to see a MAX conference come to India I'm sure it wouldn't make sense to scale it like the US edition -- what I found particularly interesting is how they managed to set pricing for MAX Japan. http://www.onflex.org/ted/2007/10/adobe-max-2007-japan-arrival.php The growth of Flex in India is especially interesting if you look at the whole open source roadmap. This is not just a marketing effort but it actually democratizes development to a lot of people. Whereas before, lets not kid ourselves, a lot of Indian independent developers and small companies were practically forced to work with illegal software copies. Its about more than a conference, if Adobe does not pay attention and starts to invest in India and its developer community there are other parties that are ready to take over. I strongly believe they need to act without delay, we're not talking about huge scale events but rather building a strong presence and commit developers to your products. Its not straightforward if this is just being looked at in terms of costs. As you probably know I've been trying to get some Flex/AIR workshops off the ground in India and it is not easy to get partners involved. Adobe has the funds to make it happen and its in their best interest to see that it does happen. Thanks for your perspective Abdul, its a very interesting read!
While I would love to see a MAX conference come to India I’m sure it wouldn’t make sense to scale it like the US edition — what I found particularly interesting is how they managed to set pricing for MAX Japan.
http://www.onflex.org/ted/2007/10/adobe-max-2007-japan-arrival.php
The growth of Flex in India is especially interesting if you look at the whole open source roadmap. This is not just a marketing effort but it actually democratizes development to a lot of people. Whereas before, lets not kid ourselves, a lot of Indian independent developers and small companies were practically forced to work with illegal software copies.
Its about more than a conference, if Adobe does not pay attention and starts to invest in India and its developer community there are other parties that are ready to take over.
I strongly believe they need to act without delay, we’re not talking about huge scale events but rather building a strong presence and commit developers to your products.
Its not straightforward if this is just being looked at in terms of costs. As you probably know I’ve been trying to get some Flex/AIR workshops off the ground in India and it is not easy to get partners involved.
Adobe has the funds to make it happen and its in their best interest to see that it does happen.

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