Adobe Systems has announced <A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2105273,00.asp?kc=EWEWEMNL031907EP35E">the first public alpha release of Apollo,</A> its cross-operating system run-time for Web developers.

Apollo is the code name for Adobe's development system that enables Web developers to leverage their existing skills in Adobe Flash and Adobe Flex, as well as HTML, JavaScript and AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML), to build and deploy RIAs (rich Internet applications) on the desktop.