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Very sad article to read. I just expect the original Flutter will now die a slow death. I applaud the effort and hope they will be able to find a monetization m

by mvac 2y ago

Very sad article to read. I just expect the original Flutter will now die a slow death. I applaud the effort and hope they will be able to find a monetization model that works to support the development. There have been similar projects based on technologies that Microsoft has killed (Silverlight -> OpenSilver and various .NET-based cross-platform technologies) that serve their customers well. Unfortunately, none of them are in any way "mainstream" like Flutter is today.

normie3000 2y ago
> There have been similar projects based on technologies that Microsoft has killed Isn't flutter from google?
- mvac 2y ago
  Yes, it is. I was just thinking about what happened when other companies did something similar.
  - spwa4 2y ago
    Didn't Google suddenly kill GWT, which is a bit like flutter?
    - DannyBee 2y ago
      No, it transitioned it to others after signaling it would for well over a year, so i don't think you could call it sudden: "In 2011 with the introduction of the Dart programming language, Google stated that GWT would continue to be supported for the foreseeable future while also hinting at a possible rapprochement between the two Google approaches to structured web programming. However, they also mentioned that several of the engineers previously working on GWT are now working on Dart.[6] In 2012 at their annual I/O conference, Google announced that GWT would be transformed from a Google project to a fully open-sourced project.[7] In July 2013, Google posted on its GWT blog that the transformation to an open-source project was completed.[8]" Google funded/helped for some number of years after that. It still is going, afaik, with gwt 2.11 being released in january, 2024. https://www.gwtproject.org/ https://www.gwtproject.org/
- michaelmior 2y ago
  Yes. But the other technologies mentioned were from Microsoft.
baueric 2y ago
That might be the wrong way to interpret this. It actually validates interest in the framework. This change personally excited me and injects some change into the ecosystem that could result in a better future.
kernal 2y ago
>Very sad article to read. I just expect the original Flutter will now die a slow death. I find it odd that you would think this fork would even have an impact on Flutter or its roadmap.

by mvac 2y ago

normie3000 2y ago

> There have been similar projects based on technologies that Microsoft has killed Isn't flutter from google?

mvac 2y ago
Yes, it is. I was just thinking about what happened when other companies did something similar.
- spwa4 2y ago
  Didn't Google suddenly kill GWT, which is a bit like flutter?
  - DannyBee 2y ago
    No, it transitioned it to others after signaling it would for well over a year, so i don't think you could call it sudden: "In 2011 with the introduction of the Dart programming language, Google stated that GWT would continue to be supported for the foreseeable future while also hinting at a possible rapprochement between the two Google approaches to structured web programming. However, they also mentioned that several of the engineers previously working on GWT are now working on Dart.[6] In 2012 at their annual I/O conference, Google announced that GWT would be transformed from a Google project to a fully open-sourced project.[7] In July 2013, Google posted on its GWT blog that the transformation to an open-source project was completed.[8]" Google funded/helped for some number of years after that. It still is going, afaik, with gwt 2.11 being released in january, 2024. https://www.gwtproject.org/ https://www.gwtproject.org/
michaelmior 2y ago
Yes. But the other technologies mentioned were from Microsoft.

baueric 2y ago

That might be the wrong way to interpret this. It actually validates interest in the framework. This change personally excited me and injects some change into the ecosystem that could result in a better future.

kernal 2y ago

>Very sad article to read. I just expect the original Flutter will now die a slow death. I find it odd that you would think this fork would even have an impact on Flutter or its roadmap.