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Rich Internet Applications and Greek Mythology

Ever since I first starting hearing about Adobe Apollo, I had a feeling there was more to the name than was apparent.

Apollo or Apollo (Greek God) ?

Adobe wants you to believe that the name Apollo is a reference to the Apollo project, the series of NASA missions aimed at landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to Earth, a goal set by JFK that’s the point of the Apollo icon, with it’s orbital circle.

But I’ve decided the codename “Apollo” (Kevin Lynch has said that there will be a real release name which is different) is a disguised swipe at Ajax.


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