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Cross-platform development has been the holy grail for some 30+ years. Alas, I stopped reading the moment I read it is being developed by Google despite the op

by sireat 9y ago

Cross-platform development has been the holy grail for some 30+ years. Alas, I stopped reading the moment I read it is being developed by Google despite the open-source nature. Being developed by Google it means the chances of a project being discontinued are quite high: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Discontinued_Google_services https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Discontinued_Google_s... While other big corporate entities have their own share of shut projects (no project is forever) the moment this project stops getting official Google support it will wither and die. Maybe I am reading this wrong and we could have a Open Office/Libre Office situation.

mythz 9y ago
If Google is developing Flutter so they can be more productive at developing their own flagship iOS/Android Apps than the chances it will be discontinued is quite low. So whilst it's reasonable to hold off until they adopt it themselves and use it in their own deployed Apps, but once they do I'd be more confident in a commercially-sponsored Google project than an Indie OSS community led project. You just don't hear about the thousands of OSS projects being abandoned because they're from multiple Indie authors. But I wouldn't trust a project with this large a scope without mega corporate backing. But I'd agree that if Google stops committing resources to Flutter than it will die despite being OSS'ed since it's too big to maintain without a well-resourced team. Not all Google projects should be considered equal, if adoption is low and they don't have flagship Apps, high-profile initiatives or cost center's backing/funding the project then the project's future would be at risk if it doesn't become successful, but any project that is successful, has adoption or paying customers are very unlikely to discontinued, e.g. Angular, Firebase, Google Cloud Platform or any of their popular platforms, i.e. Chrome, Android, YouTube, etc have zero chance of being abandoned.
bitmapbrother 9y ago
>Being developed by Google it means the chances of a project being discontinued are quite high Do you also avoid Microsoft products and services because of the chances of a project being discontinued are quite high? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Discontinued_Microsoft_software https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Discontinued_Microsof... You can also add these to the list: Wunderlist Sunset Games for Windows Silverlight Zune Kin XNA PlaysForSure Flight Sim Expression Suite SteadyState Windows RT Windows Phone 7 Forefront Front Page Money Or how about Apple? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_products_discontinued_by_Apple_Inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_products_discontinued_....
- sireat 9y ago
  I did say that other corporate entities discontinue products all the time. I suppose the difference with Google products is that they usually seem "cool" and very promising. With Microsoft I have no such expectations.

by sireat 9y ago

mythz 9y ago

If Google is developing Flutter so they can be more productive at developing their own flagship iOS/Android Apps than the chances it will be discontinued is quite low. So whilst it's reasonable to hold off until they adopt it themselves and use it in their own deployed Apps, but once they do I'd be more confident in a commercially-sponsored Google project than an Indie OSS community led project. You just don't hear about the thousands of OSS projects being abandoned because they're from multiple Indie authors. But I wouldn't trust a project with this large a scope without mega corporate backing. But I'd agree that if Google stops committing resources to Flutter than it will die despite being OSS'ed since it's too big to maintain without a well-resourced team. Not all Google projects should be considered equal, if adoption is low and they don't have flagship Apps, high-profile initiatives or cost center's backing/funding the project then the project's future would be at risk if it doesn't become successful, but any project that is successful, has adoption or paying customers are very unlikely to discontinued, e.g. Angular, Firebase, Google Cloud Platform or any of their popular platforms, i.e. Chrome, Android, YouTube, etc have zero chance of being abandoned.

bitmapbrother 9y ago

>Being developed by Google it means the chances of a project being discontinued are quite high Do you also avoid Microsoft products and services because of the chances of a project being discontinued are quite high? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Discontinued_Microsoft_software https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Discontinued_Microsof... You can also add these to the list: Wunderlist Sunset Games for Windows Silverlight Zune Kin XNA PlaysForSure Flight Sim Expression Suite SteadyState Windows RT Windows Phone 7 Forefront Front Page Money Or how about Apple? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_products_discontinued_by_Apple_Inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_products_discontinued_....

sireat 9y ago
I did say that other corporate entities discontinue products all the time. I suppose the difference with Google products is that they usually seem "cool" and very promising. With Microsoft I have no such expectations.