Is Adobe Air going to follow a pdf like trend or die like the vhs

Just recently I watched a talk from Francisco Tolmasky at FOWA in which he briefly compared some technologies such as Air to a dvd/vhs combo. With all the hype around cloud computing it was a fair comment and got me thinking a little further.I currently am just about to start...

Is Microsoft leading FaceBook Astray?

It seems to me that the current trend in social apps is starting to move towards universalization and simplicity at a Macro Architecture level. Many projects such as Oauth, the open social stack or even Android are all key determinants in a major industry...