E o mais bacana é a parte " at no cost to students and faculty at educational institutions worldwide".
Pra quem nao le em ingles, o resumo é o seguinte: A adobe vai a partir de novembro, oferecer o Flex Builder 2.0, de graça, para estudantes e faculdades NO MUNDO INTEIRO. 2007/10/24, Alexandre Bini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > magavilha ein! > > > 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 Builder2 > > 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 [email protected] Para sair da lista, envie um email em branco para [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mais opções estão disponíveis em http://groups.google.com/group/flexdev -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
