⇒ Adobe AIR

this could be the future...
http://www.sitepoint.com/quiz/air/distributed-processing/?quiz=distributed-processing
http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/flexdownloads/index.html?sdid=DRIND#flex_builder
http://www.adobe.com/products/air/tools/sdk/index.html?sdid=DRINC

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