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Mike Potter provides some comments and links to a great interview with Kevin Lynch (Adobe's Chief Software Architect) in Knowledge@Wharton.
Kevin covers a lot of ground in the interview - Project Apollo, the Adobe Engagement Platform, Flash, operating systems and the competition. Well worth a read.
Adobe has just released an updated version (7.0.8) of its free Adobe Reader software for the UNIX and Linux operating systems - a development of particular significance to Acrobat 3D users in the manufacturing and AEC industries.
Adobe Reader 7.0.8 for UNIX and Linux is the first version that enables users on those platforms to view and interact with 3D objects in Adobe PDF files. And when enabled by Acrobat 3D, allows Adobe Reader users on the UNIX and Linux operating systems to view product structure and use commenting, measurement and cross-section tools directly on 3D objects in Adobe PDF files.
Essentially, this means Acrobat 3D users can now enable an even larger set of those in the supply chain -- suppliers, partners, customers, etc. -- to participate in document-based 3D design collaboration by simply using Adobe Reader.
Adobe Reader 7.0.8 is immediately available for Sun Solaris SPARC, IBM AIX, HP-UX, and Linux.
The product can be downloaded free of charge from Adobe's Web site at: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2_allversions.html