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Re:Adobe will drop desktop apps to become web only by bootload on Thursday October 18, 2007 @05:51PM (#69947)
Bruce Chizen is the CEO so I was curious to see if they have the technology to do this. Then I remembered AIR ~ http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/devt/FE2043E499460693CC2...

"... AIR is a runtime program that allows developers to create cross-platform desktop applications with the same technologies they use for building web-based applications, such as HTML, AJAX and Flash. At the Adobe MAX 2007 user conference in Chicago on Monday, executives confirmed AIR's importance to the company's long-term strategy ..."

So it is technically possible, How will it effect the bottom line? Who knows. Many companies have stumbled when changing programming paradigms ~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programming_paradigm

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