adobe already do, as part of a bigger strategy with letting more people into the alpha and beta programs to get feedback on ideas or looking for new features and workflows. A good example is how Adobe are handling Flex3 and what they’re publicly releasing – including opening up how Flash remoting works.

Adobe are deliberatly releasing some control to see where it will take Flex. as a developer caught up in the middle of it, it’s heartening that you can have a voice, even if it’s “hey, I found that bug” or “yeah, I suggested that”. Ownership, etc

Microsoft are trying something similar with Silverlight but it still feels closed shop. Unlike the Flex3 classes, I’ve yet been able to see how it works under the hood.