With the upcoming SCN upgrade to Jive, is SAP on the Jive Express?

Season 4 Episode 6

This episode represents a post-Thanksgiving cornucopia of topics and news; including Dan’s take on what all the recent Adobe announcements might mean for Flash/Flex developers.

• Adobe News about Flash Player, Flex, Blaze DS
  • Dan’s views on the Adobe news and the real impact to developers
  • A little hint of the HTML5/Cloud based goodness Dan will be working on at Adobe in the future
• Jive IPO
• Jive is the technical platform for the new version of SCN (which goes live Monday December 12th)
• SAP Events
  • SAP Inside Track Washington DC
  • SAP Inside Track India
  • SAP Inside Track Istanbul
  • ASUG Developer Tools Days
• eGeek Holiday Gift Ideas
  • Macbook Pro (and yes Ed has one of these now – giving hell the next time you see him)
  • Kindle Fire
  • Star Wars The Old Republic
  • Think Geek (too many ideas to list individually)

Running Time: 56:10

If you have questions, suggestions, or topic ideas for future episodes, give us a shout here.

Will the battle of HTML5 vs. Browser Plug-Ins be like this:

Or More Like This:

This week we welcome guest co-host Dan McWeeney filling in for Ed. Ed is out of the office because his wife just gave birth to their first child. Since Dan works for Adobe and works in the Adobe Flash/Flex world, we thought it would be the perfect podcast to dive into the hot topic of HTML5 verses Browser Plug-Ins (like Adobe Flash and Microsoft Silverlight).

There has been a lot of debate lately (sparked largely by Apple and their refusal to have the Adobe Flash Plug-in on the iPhone/iPad) about exactly what the future role of Browser Plug-Ins will be given the advances that the next version of the HTML specification promises to bring. In this podcast both Dan and I provide our thoughts on the topic.

Dearest eGheads, we need your show ideas. If you have questions, suggestions, or topic ideas for future episodes, give us a shout here. Enjoy!

Running Time: 59 minutes

Talking Points

1. 01:00 – Welcome Guest Host Dan McWeeney
2. 01:15 – Ed Changes Diapers
3. 04:00 – Main Topic – HTML5 & Browser Plug-Ins
   • 04:31 Apple, the iPad, and the Flash Player debate
   • 05:00 Apple and Adobe Take the Debate Public
   • 05:40 Google Gears Adds to the Debate
   • 07:45 HTML5 Spec Implementation
   • 09:15 Video Codecs and Licenses
   • 11:00 Advertising in HTML5 – Harder to Block Than Flash Based?
   • 12:40 Flash on Mobile – Interaction Event Problems?
   • 14:00 Flash Mobile Can Work – Android
   • 19:00 Could Internet Explorer’s Lack of HTML5 Keep Plug-Ins Alive?
   • 22:00 SAP’s Plans for HTML5 and Plug-Ins
   • 24:00 NetWeaver Business Client and Windows-Only Support
   • 26:45 Platform Testing
4. 28:00 – Apple and their 40 Billion Cash On Hand – Who Will They Buy? (at the time of the podcast recording I forgot that through Pixar, Steve Jobs picked up quite a bit of control at Disney/ABC/Marvel. Perhaps Apple already indirectly has the control in Hollywood I thought they were looking for).
5. 36:20 – Internet Connected TVs
6. 37:00 – Win 7 Mobile Platform
7. 37:50 - PS3/PSP Integration
8. 38:00 - SAP Management Changes
9. 46:20 – BW 7.20 Ramp-Up Canceled in Favor of 7.30 Ramp-Up in Q3/Q4
10. 48:30 – ABAP 7.02 Correction Close
11. 49:20 – OnDemand BI
12. 54:30 – Upcoming Events: Mastering SAP Technologies Sydney and ASUG/Sapphire

Talking Points:

• Meet Mathias from Adobe 00:45
• Flash Platform 01:25
• SAP and Adobe 01:50
• Flash Platform at RIA Hacker Night 02:15
• Duane from Adobe 02:50
• Code Camp, coding real time! – 03:05
• Previous Events 04:00
• Where do I start? 04:50
• This is where to start! 05:05
• Thinking back to starting with Flex 06:07
• Code samples – exclusive at the event 06:56
• Exclusives at the event 08:25
• Mac or PC? 09:40
• Flash Builder 4 vs. Flex Builder 11:14
• Flash Builder replaces Flex Builder 11:35
• Recap Mac, PC and Flash Builder 12:30

Talking Points

• 1:00 – Rich’s thoughts on past events
• 2:10 – Build it for the BPX Process Slam
• 3:00 – Should we build something, something tangible during the event?
• 3:55 – We want your suggestions!!
• 5:20 – Rich gives a taste of what he will be sharing this year

Be sure to sign up now to reserve your seat for the RIA Hacker Night taking place in Phoenix,Vienna and Bangalore at the SAP TechEd events this year! You must be a registered attendee of the SAP TechEd event to attend the RIA Hacker Night.

Although the episode comes a few days late because of last minute preparations for ASUG/SAPPHIRE, hopefully everyone will find it worth the wait.