Adobe launches AIR into cyberspace

Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Monday, 25 February 2008 14:33

Business IT - Technology

Open source fans will be happy: Adobe says that “major portions of Adobe AIR, such as the WebKit HTML engine, Tamarin ActionScript Virtual Machine, and SQLite local database functionality, are open source”.

Adobe says they are “committed to contributing to the open source community on multiple fronts, including the release of the free open source Flex framework and open source BlazeDS for high-speed data connectivity, as well as active membership in the SQLite Consortium”, with the Adobe Open Source website offering more information.

In terms of pricing, Adobe says that AIR and the Adobe AIR SDK are “available immediately as free downloads in English and offered for both Windows and Macintosh operating systems”, with Linux and versions in other languages due in the future.

The Adobe Flex 3 product line is available now in English and Japanese, and offered for both Windows and Macintosh operating systems.

The open source Flex 3 SDK is available free of charge and a beta version of Adobe Flex Builder 3 for Linux is freely available on Adobe Labs.

However, Adobe Flex Builder 3 is available as a standalone product or Eclipse plug-in, with the Standard edition priced at US $249 and the Professional edition at US $699, with more information available at Adobe’s Flex website.