Now, what Google announced is really exciting! I'm not kidding. It's even better than I hoped. Yes, it's only Python, but IBM's PC-DOS was only BASIC and Pascal when it first came out, and it didn't matter. Yeah, I preferred C, but I coded in Pascal because that's what you had to do to get an app running. What you're going to see here that you've never seen before is shrinkwrap net apps that scale that can be deployed by civillians. That's a mouthful, but that's what's coming. Why? Because here is a standardized platform that can be stamped out in the billions of units. Maybe Google can't do it, but the perception is that they can. Who is willing to stand up and say Google hasn't nailed scaling? What PCs did in the 80s, Google is doing now. PCs took the black magic out of owning a computer.

Told ya Adobe was gonna reorganize and put its mobile/devices operation in with its platform operation in the name of moving to a single technology platform and runtime for PCs, handsets and consumer devices. Adobe's new CTO Kevin Lynch, the creator of AIR, is basically in charge of the whole magilla now. Gary Kovacs, VP of product management and marketing for the mobile and devices business, will be general manager of the unit, reporting to Lynch, replacing Al Ramadan, who is leaving.

In keeping with the longstanding SYS-CON tradition of being at the very forefront of software development with all its online and offline resources, SYS-CON Media & Events jointly today announced a double whammy, launching both 'Open Web Developer's Journal' (htt p://openweb.sys-con.com) and 'Open Web Developer Summit' (http://openweb.s ys-con.com) - to be held for the first time in New York City April 21-22, 2008.

I love the definition in Wikipedia of Media convergence: 'Media convergence is a theory in communications where every mass medium eventually merges to the point where they are indistinguishable to each other due to the advent of new communication technologies.'

'We are thrilled to welcome Mobile Innovation to Macromedia, and we believe this will add tremendous value to our mobile business,' said Steve Miller, vice president of Macromedia EMEA, as his company announced the completion of its acquisition of Mobile Innovation, a leading user interface (UI) designer, developer, and integrator for mobile devices.

This past year, Macromedia has experienced incredibly exciting progress and growth in its mobile and devices strategy, and attendees at MAX 2004 were the first to catch a glimpse of what the future has in store for the Macromedia Flash community. On Mobile Day at MAX, developers had the exclusive chance to hear from Macromedia, wireless industry leaders, and fellow developers about how to work together to create compelling mobile content - and no one is better positioned to help drive the direction and meet the growing demand for engaging content for mobile devices than Macromedia and the Flash developer community.