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Adobe Joins Linux Foundation, Develops AIR For Linux

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the do-we-trust-these-guys-yet dept.

2muchcoffeeman writes "Adobe announced Monday that it is joining the Linux Foundation and alpha-released a Linux version of its new Adobe Internet Runtime environment, which allows Internet-enabled applications to run on Windows and Mac OS desktops, for Linux. According to Adobe, the alpha version lacks some key features that will be available in the final product and only runs with Sun Java, not GNU Java. Adobe also released an alpha of Flex Builder for Linux Monday."

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  1. gnu software is crap by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Actually, most gnu projects produce terrible code

    gcj
    gnash

    oh, and don't say gcc, cause that was actually a hostile fork done to get away from rms, remember egcs? in any case gcc was replaced by egcs which was then renamed gcc -- stallman's lucky the internet was primitive and small back then, his blunder and hating went unnoticed

    The best projects are ones that are developed by a small group or company, without interference.

    Anecdotally, the Apache and MIT BSD-style licenses are growing their mindshare, the lack of respect accorded to dissenters poisoned minds against gplv3

    In any case, the next major version of the Linux kernel may be released under the "Linux Licence" which will be a fork of GPLv2.