Adobe helps 15,000 unemployed developers

Looks like when Adobe offered to supply the $699 software package for free to developers who could prove they were currently unemployed they may not have expected to have to withdraw the offer so quickly. Cynics might suggest however that Adobe fully expected the deal to be snapped up and now they can sit back, happy to have rapidly expanded their Flex community by another 15,000 developers. Either way, it is often the case that innovation and creativity are increased during hard times so let’s hope this paves the way for yet more exciting new Flash developments. At least with Flex we’re unlikely to see 15,000 new ‘skip intro’ sites!

29th April 2009

Ben Childs

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