One of the holy grails of software development has been to write applications that run on just about any operating system. This is called write once, run anywhere. The Java programming language tried, and almost succeeded. Almost. But the true grail is yet to be found. There’s nothing worse than being a Windows user who sees a really nifty app for the Mac and finds out that there’s no Windows version of it, and that there are no plans for one either. Web comes close, and a previous TechTip looked at a way of bringing Web apps to your desktop computer. But, let’s face it: the Web’s not quite the desktop. That’s where Adobe AIR comes in. 
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