We’ve been having a discussion internally about our program for Flex training in higher education. As I posted earlier, we recently started providing Flex Builder to students and faculty for free. What else can we do to get more students around the world learning Flex? Please share your thoughts and suggestions.

I’ve had several conversations over the last few weeks with customers who have advised me that Adobe should be giving away Flex Builder to students around the world. Well, last October we announced that we were doing this.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — October 24, 2007 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced that it is offering Adobe® Flex™ Builder™ 2 software at no cost to students and faculty at educational institutions worldwide. The Flex Builder 2 integrated development environment (IDE) is part of a powerful toolset for designing and developing rich Internet applications (RIAs), an essential part of Web 2.0.

Details here…