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Microsoft Silverlight 4 vs. Adobe Flash 10.1

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the there-could-be-only-one dept.

superapecommando writes "The richest RIA platforms today (and for the foreseeable future) come from clashing titans Adobe and Microsoft, whose Flash and Silverlight platforms both combine excellent tools for developers and designers, broad client support, strong support for server-side technologies, digital rights management capabilities, and the ability to satisfy use cases as varied as enterprise dashboards, live video streaming, and online games. And each has spawned new updates, to Flash 10.1/AIR 2 and Silverlight 4 respectively, which put them on a near-level playing field. Which one should you choose?"

6 of 379 comments (clear)

  1. Alien Versus Predator by Sockatume · · Score: 4, Funny

    Insert your own joke here.

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    1. Re:Alien Versus Predator by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Two peanuts were walking down the street. One was assaulted.

    2. Re:Alien Versus Predator by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      A guy walks into a bar and sees a dog lying in the corner licking his balls. He turns to the bartender and says, "Boy, I wish I could do that."

      The Bartender replies, "You'd better try petting him first."

    3. Re:Alien Versus Predator by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 5, Funny

      A Microsoft developer and an Adobe developer walk into a bar. Neither one lost their iPhone prototype.

  2. Re:To appease the most visitors with ease by shadowrat · · Score: 4, Funny

    Silverlight has abysmal support on WINDOWS! I have all the dev tools installed and certain Microsoft pages still ask me to install silverlight when I visit them.

  3. JavaFX by characterZer0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    JavaFX

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