# Royale, now "Flex," beta coming

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**Created:** [November 17, 2003, 7:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/royale-now-flex-beta-coming/94863 "2003-11-17T19:42:30Z")\
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> Flex brings the capabilities of Flash design and development to the masses, including business application developers and corporate developers, by using an XML-based language known as MXML—Macromedia’s own technology that stands for Maximum Experience Markup Language—Mendels said.

[http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1385585,00.asp](http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1385585,00.asp)

> Today, Macromedia plans to release a beta version of Flex, a server software product and application framework that can be used with the tools and infrastructure corporate developers are already using.

[http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/software/appdev/story/0,10801,87165,00.html](http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/software/appdev/story/0,10801,87165,00.html)

> Brown said Macromedia Flex can “bridge the gap” between these two types of developers, allowing them to provide a better user experience overall for customers accessing enterprise applications.

[http://www.crn.com/sections/BreakingNews/dailyarchives.asp?ArticleID=46078](http://www.crn.com/sections/BreakingNews/dailyarchives.asp?ArticleID=46078)