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What it has going for it is it's not Flash...
Flash has the same perception problems that Vista has.
People perceive that it's slow, cumbersome and buggy.
As with Vista, some of the knocks are legitimate while
others are just plain FUD. Silverlight certainly
isn't nearly as ubiquitous as Flash, but it has been
able to leverage the Microsoft bankroll along with
some extremely high profile wins like the Olympics.
Neither Flash nor Silverlight has the developer
community that Javascript has though. It'll be
interesting to look back in 5 years and see how each
has fared. I'm guessing that each will fare well with
none of the three emerging head and shoulders above
the others. Each has their strengths and weaknesses
and each has a loyal developer base. To me, that
spells competition...always a good thing.
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is Flash chopped liver?  itinko | 09/05/08
Great JavaScript performance means that Flash is relegated to kids games,  DonnieBoy | 09/05/08
What it has going for it is it's not Flash...  jasonp@... | 09/05/08
You forgot to mention  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/05/08
That is so true!!! I can remember when ZDNet had a problem with some  DonnieBoy | 09/05/08
That's rubbish  GOTBO | 09/09/08
Two clear advantages  LBiege | 09/05/08
au contraire mon frere  itinko | 09/29/08
We don't need to learn a new language  A Gray | 09/05/08
Flash also has the benefit of dealing with media  Mitch Ratcliffe ZDNet Moderator | 09/05/08
Just MS trying to belittle a competitor  GrailWebD | 09/08/08
Interesting that they are so frank!! But, with JavaScript performance  DonnieBoy | 09/05/08
JavaFX...  tick tock | 09/05/08
Well, Java suffers from being too tightly controlled by Sun still. They  DonnieBoy | 09/05/08
If you can do more for less  mdemuth | 09/05/08
Java is NOT a proprietary platform anymore  atari_z | 09/06/08
There's a big difference between Java..  GOTBO | 09/09/08
Doubtful  jasonp@... | 09/05/08
FSVO "success"  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/05/08
So ~90% of the market?  mdemuth | 09/05/08
Cart before the horse...  storm14k | 09/05/08
90% of which market?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/05/08
Very true  mdemuth | 09/05/08
Plus, even in a mobile device ...  LBiege | 09/05/08
Silverlight is a plug-in  A Gray | 09/05/08
Truly?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/05/08
Truly?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/05/08
Divide and Conquer  gary_edwards | 09/05/08
Developers Turning Fast to Open Standards! grin  i2fun@... | 09/05/08
Just wondering...  jdickey | 09/07/08
RE: Chrome's JavaScript poses challenge to Silverlight  atari8bit@... | 09/05/08
RE: Chrome's JavaScript poses challenge to Silverlight  mo@... | 09/06/08
if they don't have it, they won't come  itinko | 09/29/08
RE: Chrome's JavaScript poses challenge to Silverlight  mememememeeeee | 09/06/08
Yes.  Grayson Peddie | 09/06/08
RE: Chrome's JavaScript poses challenge to Silverlight  dgerard | 09/06/08
superfast javascript and yet superslow language.  magallanes | 09/06/08
RE: Chrome's JavaScript poses challenge to Silverlight  Kebbles | 09/07/08
You can write Actionscript in notepad  GrailWebD | 09/08/08
RE: Chrome's JavaScript poses challenge to Silverlight  GOTBO | 09/09/08
Re-hashing the same "news"..........  drusquared | 09/09/08

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