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# Apollo Alpha is out, the WOW comes later
- URL: https://www.chrismessina.me/blog/apollo-alpha-is-out-the-wow-comes-later/
- Published: 2007-03-18T23:21:49.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-25T03:42:12.000Z
- Author: Chris Messina
- Tags: Technology, The Web Arts, Web building

[](http://www.flickr.com/photos/factoryjoe/426419033/?ref=chrismessina.me)There's a [ton of buzz](http://www.techmeme.com/070319/p1?ref=chrismessina.me#a070319p1) being [tossed](http://blogs.zdnet.com/Stewart/?p=314&ref=chrismessina.me) on the [alpha release](http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/200703/031907ApolloLabs.html?ref=chrismessina.me) of Adobe's new [Apollo platform](http://www.adobe.com/go/apollo?ref=chrismessina.me). And reasonably so, as ZDNet blogger [Ryan Stewart](http://blogs.zdnet.com/Stewart/?ref=chrismessina.me) [points out](http://blogs.zdnet.com/Stewart/?p=315&ref=chrismessina.me), in a world of Web 2.0 internet-goodness, this is the desktop rearing its head again in the form powerful RIAs. I'll leave the [coverage](http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/18/adobe-apollo-launches-so-go-build-something/?ref=chrismessina.me) to other folks, but in the meantime, I installed the runtime libraries and ran the sample apps included -- grabbing a [bunch of screenshots](http://www.flickr.com/photos/factoryjoe/sets/72157600008348424/?ref=chrismessina.me) along the way that you should take a look at. I also set up a [Flickr group](http://www.flickr.com/groups/apollo?ref=chrismessina.me) for other screenshots and a [Ma.gnolia group](http://ma.gnolia.com/groups/apollo/?ref=chrismessina.me) for collecting news and other Apollo-related links. I'm particularly excited about Apollo given its advance of the state of web tech... and the best is yet to come (though [Finetune](http://www.finetune.com/?ref=chrismessina.me) [gives a taste](http://blog.teknision.com/?p=8&ref=chrismessina.me) of [where we're starting from](http://www.flickr.com/photos/factoryjoe/426424359?ref=chrismessina.me)). At the same time, I'd prefer a slightly lest costly and more open -- but equally intuitive and capable -- solution. [OpenLaszlo](http://www.openlaszlo.org/?ref=chrismessina.me), where [y'at](http://www.openlaszlo.org/ol4faq?ref=chrismessina.me#what4)?