[plain]Today, the [/plain][[plain]incubator proposal for Flex[/plain]](http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/FlexProposal)[plain] went out on [/plain][[plain]Apache Incubator wiki [/plain]](http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/FlexProposal)[plain]and mailing lists. This a a great move to get the Flex open source technologies into and driven by the community. So starting now is your chance to comment and support the creation of Apache Flex.[/plain]

[plain]Since the beginnings of the open source license release of Flex, he desire has been to work with the community to develop and improve Flex in delivering internet applications with deep and rich expression.  With somewhere in excess of 350000 active Flex developers, Apace Flex is well positioned to be a vibrant and merit-based open source project, driven by the desires and direction of the whole community. In short, future directions and deliveries will be driven by the community, rather than by Adobe.[/plain]

[plain]The concept of moving significant open initiatives from Adobe to outside foundations is a direction that makes sense for both us and the community. Community support and development is a principal strength of open source development. And it is increasingly apparent, at least to us, that such presence is best led by the community, even for technologies initially developed within a corporation. Adobe is beginning to understand the advantages of such independent foundations, through not only releasing Flex, but also projects such as [/plain][[plain]PhoneGap[/plain]](http://wiki.phonegap.com/w/page/46311152/apache-callback-proposal)[plain] (now [/plain][[plain]Apache Callback[/plain]](http://incubator.apache.org/projects/callback.html)[plain]), or contributing to project like [/plain][[plain]Apache Felix[/plain]](http://felix.apache.org/site/index.html)[plain]. While Adobe cannot speak for more than ourselves, we believe that market-significant and/or complex projects would do well to consider support and drive from foundations such as the [/plain][[plain]Apache Software Foundation[/plain]](http://apache.org)[plain], to help create free and open environments of collaboration.[/plain]

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