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2007/10/24, Sergio Eurico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > *Adobe Advances Web 2.0 in Education* > > *Offers Adobe Flex Builder 2 to Students and Faculty at No Cost* > > SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Adobe Systems Incorporated > (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced that it is offering Adobe(R) Flex Builder 2 > software at no cost to students and faculty at educational institutions > worldwide. The Flex Builder 2 integrated development environment (IDE) is > part of a powerful toolset for designing and developing rich Internet > applications (RIAs), an essential part of Web 2.0. > > Web 2.0 technologies have spurred the development of RIAs that enable data > sharing, collaboration, user participation, social networking, and more. > Flex is the industry's most advanced framework for building cross-operating > system RIAs for the Web. By offering Flex Builder 2 at no cost, educational > institutions will be able to improve students' and researchers' knowledge of > RIA development. With Flex 3, currently in public beta, students will be > able to extend their RIAs to the desktop using Adobe(R) AIR. > > "By making it easier for educational institutions to adopt Flex 2, we are > ensuring that students and researchers are better equipped to harness the > power of Web 2.0 and RIAs," said Peter Isaacson, vice president of > education marketing at Adobe. "It is clear that RIAs are the future of Web > development, and a strong skill set in RIA development will serve students > well in their careers." > > "As someone who teaches a Flex course, I applaud Adobe for helping to > provide the free software that will help professors better prepare our > students for the future," said Yakov Fain, adjunct professor at New York > University. "People with Adobe Flex skills are already in big demand in > the industry, and this smart move will help to substantially increase the > number of Flex-enabled college graduates. We are pleased to be among the > first universities to offer this kind of coursework to our students." > > Flex applications can be commercially created and deployed today with the > free Flex 2 SDK, which includes the Flex compiler and the ActionScript > 3.0 libraries. Together, these elements provide the modern, > standards-based language and programming model used by leading businesses to > create RIAs deployed on the ubiquitous Adobe Flash(R) Player. Beginning with > the release of Flex 3 in early 2008, the Flex SDK will be made available as > open source, enabling developers to extend and contribute to the source code > for the Flex compiler, components and application framework. > > *Pricing and Availability* > > Adobe Flex 2 will be available to qualified education end-users for free > download on Adobe.com in early November. > > *About Adobe Systems Incorporated* > > Adobe revolutionizes how the world engages with ideas and information > anytime, anywhere and through any medium. For more information, visit > www.adobe.com. > > (c) 2007 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. Adobe, the Adobe > logo, ActionScript, AIR, Flash, Flex and Flex Builder are either registered > trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States > and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their > respective owners. > > FONTE: http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/index.jsp?front_door=true > > > > > > > -- Alexandre Bini 18 3641-4382 msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Você recebeu esta mensagem porque está inscrito na lista "flexdev" Para enviar uma mensagem, envie um e-mail para flexdev@googlegroups.com Para sair da lista, envie um email em branco para [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mais opções estão disponíveis em http://groups.google.com/group/flexdev -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---