Why open source developers can be excited about Flex
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| As a developer, you can now build a Flash application in VIM, run it
| through the compiler in the SDK, which works on Linux and Mac OS X, and
| build a .swf file....
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| ...Apparently a beta version of Flash Player 9 for MacTel machines should
| be out soon, with a beta for Linux sometime later this year.
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| One of the benefits to web applications for Linux enthousiasts has
| always been the fact that web applications are not tied to a specific
| operating system - they simply need a web browser to work.
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| The development of more advanced web applications will continue to
| help adoption of operating sytems where the Flash Player is available,
| including Linux. And yes, some developers are working on an open
| source Flash player.
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| No, the story isn't perfect, but I think its pretty good. The Flex
| SDK includes the source code to Flex components, you can build and
| debug Flex applications on Linux, those applications can interact with
| an open source backend system (PHP), and end users can interact with
| those applications at no cost (and in a little while on a free
| operating system).
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http://blogs.adobe.com/mikepotter/2006/06/why_open_source.html
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