Another Java Developer Sees Potential in Flex and Apollo

Ed Burnette, a blogger for ZDNet, posted his thoughts about how Flex and Apollo may compete against Java:

Is Flash better than Java?

Apollo has Arrived!

The alpha version of Apollo, the runtime that will allow HTML/CSS/JavaScript and Flash/Flex developers to build cross-platform desktop applications, is now available on Adobe Labs:

http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/apollo/

Rough Apollo Timetable

The word out of Adobe's Engage conference is that Apollo will appear on Adobe Labs sometime during the first half of this year, and that the 1.0 version will be released during the second half of the year.

I don't know if I'll have any practical uses for Apollo by that time, but I look forward to getting a chance to play around with it.

Apollo: The Possibilities

Just finished reading an excellent blog post where the blogger put a great deal of thought into what sorts of Apollo apps folks will likely create:

http://www.weblycan.com/blog/2007/02/_apollo_what_is_it_good_for_ab.html

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