I have been searching for answers. My goal is to be able to build Streaming/RichMedia internet applications on a truly stable and robust basis, that leverages the best standard tools available to modern software developers.

Having done most development until now with the powerful but “designed by Committee” Java, and the powerful but “engineered by impatient enthusiasts” Red5 streaming server, with powerful but inadequately backed “nearmiss” OpenLaszlo, I have aquired a taste for something I can really believe in and work with.

After reviewing a number of technologies, the technology stack I’m currently aiming for is :

• JQuery -where DHTML is needed, JQuery is excellent
• Flex 3 (+ Air)  -the most ubiquitous and mature RIA technology available
• Cairngorm framework/PureMVC
  
• Wowza/WebORB -not feature rich, but powerful and robust Streaming Media Servers
• Spring + Hibernate
• JSecurity - a security framework which, while not perfect, leaves the right decisions to the implementor and keeps complexity at a minimum

This seems to contain a good blend of efficiency, robustness, and long-term technological/corporate survivability.

PureMVC vs. Cairngorm : ( http://www.websector.de/blog/2007/08/10/another-weborb-for-php-login-sample-using-flex-and-puremvc/ http://www.websector.de/blog/2007/08/08/weborb-for-php-login-example-using-flex-3-and-caingorm-221/)