Free Adobe Flex Builder

Just like Microsoft provides Visual Studio to universities so that students get used to the Microsoft technologies, Adobe will give away free copies of Adobe Flex Builder 2 to students and faculty members of any educational institute across the world.

With Adobe Flex Builder 2 IDE, you can create impressive web apps like the popular Picnik photo editor or the HP Print Studio. Adobe Flex 3 is in beta and will be available for download in early 2008.

The prices of Adobe Flex Builder 3 will be as follows:

Flex Builder 3 Standard Edition - $249
Adobe Flex Builder 3 Professional Edition $699 [includes charting support]

Adobe Flex Builder is available for Windows and Mac. The Linux version of Adobe Flex 3 is in the works though pricing of Flex Builder 3 Linux edition is yet to be announced.