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And, because RIAs run on the ubiquitous Adobe® Flash™ Player 9, enterprises can reach a broad audience of customers, partners, and employees with rich content and interactivity.</p> <p></p>   <div class="columns-2-AB-A"> <h3>RIA examples</h3> <ul class="iconmarker-16x16"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070202204725/http://www.amitgupta.info/e41st/GUI/Flash9GMC/E41ST.html" target="mm_window"><img src="/web/20070202204725im_/http://www.adobe.com/images/icons/launch.gif" width="16" height="16"/>Flex Developer Derby winner - E41ST</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070202204725/http://codeazur.com.br/stuff/fc64_final/" target="mm_window"><img src="/web/20070202204725im_/http://www.adobe.com/images/icons/launch.gif" width="16" height="16"/>Flex Developer Derby winner - FC64</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070202204725/http://www.asfusion.com/apps/homelocator/" target="mm_window"><img 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