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So a press release yesterday talks about the Gears introduction but includes Adobe’s Lynch stating that they will be including it in Apollo. So there are a couple of major things going on here. Google is working with Adobe. That’s pretty major. I talk to alot of developers and they’re all inclined to jump on Flex more than anything if they needed to build a serious internet app. And Flex is open source so Google may just be eyeing it for future development to keep on the same playing field as Microsoft with their Silverlight technology. The fact that Google is building an offline database is seriously important for Google’s future online. Another seriously important thing for Google to do is to work more with rich app technologies so that they’re indexable and searchable or maybe a whole different model needs to be worked out. The fact that Adobe is building it into Apollo also changes the lack of Safari support since Safari and Apollo both use webkit and Adobe has stated that they’re actively involved in webkit’s development. So all in all I see a major trend going on here. Google, Apple and Adobe are all working around webkit. I smell a merger coming.