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Re: Who's Winning the RIA Horse Race?
Posted by: Dana Gardner 2008-02-28 15:58:47

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In the world of Rich Internet Applications, the battle for hearts and minds -- not to mention eyeballs and desktops -- heated up this week when Adobe Systems took the wraps off the beta version of its Adobe Integrated Runtime and slotted it for public release.
Adobe AIR, according to the buzz on the street, "blurs" the lines between the PC and the Web by allowing users to download Web applications to the desktop and letting them access those applications wherever the user may be. For example, eBay has developed an AIR application so that bidders no longer have to monitor the eBay Web site.

Re: Who's Winning the RIA Horse Race?
Posted by: blakeae 2008-03-05 15:51:08 In reply to: Dana Gardner

Local File System Access should read AIR Local File System Access
Local SQLite database storage should read AIR Local SQLite database storage
These features are only available in AIR.