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This is pretty cool news. Adobe has decided to open source the Flex platform (or specifically, the Flex SDK). Flex is as much a platform as it is a single-purpose piece of software. The result is a pretty vibrant (and growing) community that contributes all sorts of cool components that sit atop Flex.

By open sourcing Flex, Adobe is joining the party and looking to provide even more support for the community. At Arc90, we've got some really talented engineers that immediately chose to go right under the hood and do some really cool things. The result is some really valuable feedback (we've had numerous conversations with Adobe's Flex team) that we're anxious to share. This move by Adobe is welcome because it'll hopefully make this more of a conversation between Adobe and the community. Rather than give feedback and hope for the best, Adobe joins the community.

The buzz continues to get louder around Flex and Apollo. This is about keeping the momentum going and recruiting more developers. Regardless, this is a great move for the platform. Open it up and build on top of it.

Is Adobe becoming IBM? (Heh).