Sean Neville bio, Macromedia

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1. Sean, can you tell us a bit about yourself and what you do at Macromedia? - TEXT
2. What are rich internet applications? - TEXT
3. How are RIA's different from 80's style rich client programming? - TEXT
4. Are there some usecases that the current model of thin client programming cannot support but RIA's can support? - TEXT
5. Can RIA's also be a tool for integration? - TEXT
6. But shouldn't that level of orchestration be done in the server? - TEXT
7. You mentioned RIA's interacting with Web services; can you tell us a bit more about that. - TEXT
8. Are you saying that the RIA approach to application development actually encourages a better separation of presentation and business logic? - TEXT
9. How have people been building RIA's so far? - TEXT
10. How do you see the architectural approaches for designing RIA's changing going forward? - TEXT
11. How would project teams be segmented on a project building RIAs? - TEXT
12. What technologies currently exist for RIA Development? - TEXT
13. What about Java Web Start with J2SE; isn't that platform enough for RIA development? - TEXT
14. Does Macromedia have Flash offerings for the mobile world? - TEXT
15. Can Java Server Faces be considered a technology for RIA development? - TEXT
16. What tools and platforms currently exist for RIA development? - TEXT
17. What does Flash Remoting offer J2EE developers? - TEXT
18. What level of interoperability with J2EE does Flash Remoting bring? - TEXT
19. You mentioned that the J2EE Petstore was implemented in Flash, can you tell us more? - TEXT
20. Why are so many vendors talking about grabbing the class of VB-style developers? - TEXT
21. What are some of the vendors doing to grab this new class of developer? - TEXT
22. Where do RIA's and Macromedia's offerings fit in? - TEXT
23. What changes in the industry need to occur becore RIA's become mainstream? - TEXT
24. What can a developer do to get started with RIAs today? - TEXT