Adobe CTO Keynotes at AJAXWorld RIA Conference Before a Standing Room Only Crowd

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Oct. 21, 2008 01:30 PM

"There have been 4 different revolutions of software, said Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch this morning as he keynoted the 6th International AJAX World RIA Conference & Expo in San Jose, California. The fourth revolution, in which we are rediscovering expressiveness on the Web and recovering what Lynch called "the lost treasures of the desktop," is the one being led by the current generation of talented AJAX developers and front-end engineers, a great many of whom were in the crowded keynote room as Adobe's CTO - a true Web pioneer and one of the coiners of the 'Rich Internet Applications' category in 2002 - gave his rousing keynote covering "The Web Experience Revolution".

Full report on Kevin Lynch's keynote to follow.

Kevin Lynch delivered his early morning keynote (7 a.m.) to a standing room only crowd at AJAXWorld RIA Conference & Expo, in San Jose, California

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About Jeremy Geelan
Jeremy Geelan is President & COO of Cloud Expo, Inc. and Conference Chair of the worldwide Cloud Expo series. He appears regularly at conferences and trade shows, speaking to technology audiences both in North America and overseas. He is executive producer and presenter of Cloud Expo's "Power Panels" on SYS-CON.TV.

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