Adobe makes money from Flash primarily by selling development tools and software like Flash Professional which allow developers to create Flash content.

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The software development kit, along with software tools for building applications, is slated to be released to alliance members in a few weeks.

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In May, Microsoft announced that it had a new research program under way, aimed at developing an operating system and software development tools for robots.

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