Today Adobe launched [Flex 3][1] and [Adobe AIR 1.0][2] – the most mature and comprehensive platform for Rich Internet Applications in existence.

The news of the launch is everywhere but I wanted to point out a few of the most exciting things related to this launch.

The Flex SDK and BlazeDS are now [officially open source][3].

InfoQ has published an [interview with me][4] on the Flex 3 launch. They have also posted an [interview with Kevin Hoyt][5] on the AIR 1.0 launch as well as [an overview of today's announcements][6].

Salesforce.com and Adobe have launched the [Force.com Toolkit for Adobe AIR and Flex][7].

Not really related to the launch but also very exciting – Chet Haase, Java Swing guru and co-author of Filthy Rich Clients has [joined the Flex engineering team][8].

This launch is the biggest RIA launch ever! I can't wait to see what you build with these awesome technologies!

 [1]: http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/
 [2]: http://www.adobe.com/products/air/
 [3]: http://opensource.adobe.com
 [4]: http://www.infoq.com/news/2008/02/flex3-update
 [5]: http://www.infoq.com/news/2008/02/air-1.0-overview
 [6]: http://www.infoq.com/news/2008/02/air-flex-release
 [7]: http://www.jamesward.org/wordpress/2008/02/25/announcing-the-forcecom-toolkit-for-adobe-air-and-flex/
 [8]: http://graphics-geek.blogspot.com/2008/02/what-hello-world.html