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Mozilla will host a new open-source project, called Tamarin, designed to accelerate the development of the standards-based technology for creating rich Web applications.

The Tamarin project will implement the final version of the ECMAScript Edition 4 standard language, which Mozilla will use within the next generation of SpiderMonkey, the core JavaScript engine in its Firefox

'Adobe's work on the new virtual machine is the largest contribution to the Mozilla Foundation since its inception,' said Brendan Eich, chief technology officer, Mozilla Corporation, and creator of JavaScript. 'Now Web developers have a high-performance, open source virtual machine for building and deploying interactive applications across both Adobe Flash Player and the Firefox web browser.'

Kevin Lynch, senior VP and chief software architect at Adobe said that Tamarin will enable the creation of more innovative Web 2.0 applications.

'By working with the open source community we are accelerating the adoption of a standard language for creating and delivering richer, more interactive experiences that work consistently across PCs and mobile devices,' he said.

The Tamarin project is online at mozilla.org/projects/tamarin.