I think this is missing the architectural problem with Flex- it was more than just Flash widgets. If it were just Flash widgets- that would be fine, and you cou

I think this is missing the architectural problem with Flex- it was more than just Flash widgets. If it were just Flash widgets- that would be fine, and you could swap them out. The problem with Flex is that it takes over much more of the application, handling communication with the server. I always felt that Macromedia/Adobe were trying to just a little bit too much for you to create vendor lock-in.