[CoLoCo] Is creating something in flash == programming?

[Neal McBurnett]

On Mon, Apr 07, 2008 at 04:00:22PM -0600, Kevin Fries wrote:
> Flash animation with ActionScript is commonly called Flex.  Flex with
> offline capabilities is called AIR (which just released for Linux in
> alpha form last week.... YEAH!!!!).

Thanks, Kevin - this is much clearer than all the hype would have us
believe.  Sounds kind of like the dhtml hype, obscuring the underlying
tecnologies.

Any insights on flash _creation_ tools for Linux?  What was this Air
thing released for "Linux"?  (and note the nice clarification below on
what "Linux" is and why this marketing is confusing).

http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2008/03/dont_hold_your_breath_waiting.html

Neal