TechCrunch says Flash is just a toy compared to Silverlight...
In what has to be the biggest load of crap I have ever read online, TechCruch's Michael Arrington says that Silverlight makes Flash and Flex look like a toy. I think that Michael is jumping the gun a little bit here by saying this about Silverlight. Silverlight has yet to be released as a full product and it has yet to be adopted by any web users.
That being said Flash enjoys a 98% penetration rate. A penetration rate that has seen competing technologies go down in flames. For one I remember all the hype over "Microsoft's Sparkle" and it being a Flash killer. Where is that product now exactly??
Now in with Flash and FP9 the features are growing more and more. The acquisition of Macromedia by Adobe has made the product grow by leaps and bounds. All of this combined with the penetration rate will see Flash stay around for many many more years.
As soon as Silverlight hits a 97% penetration rate, give me a call. Till then Flash is King. But what happens when Silverlight fails? Will Microsoft start looking at buying Adobe?
souce: http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/01/take-time-to-understand-silverlight-its-important/
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Techcrunch for one doesn't really name any facts.. You mainly use adoption rate as _the_ reason why flash is better.. (wouldn't that make windows better than os/x / linux as well... and not to mention IE better than firefox..). Not a very strong defense..
Technologies come and go, you can only hope the truly superior (and open) technology wins.. But often this is not the case and other factors play a role..
Silverlight is important because it provides competition and diversity.. If it actually becomes popular it can only be good for the flash developer..
i know what your saying about flash having 97 percent but mode coders don't write or like action script,
especially for complex applications. the only reason everyone uses flash is because it was the only option. the plugin installs in seconds just like flash and should be barely noticable to the user so it's not like they have to install some heavy duty framework to get it up and running.
i think its a great idea to have graphic designers and C# coders using the same framework. Porting your WPF desktop apps to Silverlight should be easier too. It also introduces some new features like depenacy properties and control templates. Also .NET 3.0/3.5 will introduce LINQ, WCF, WWF which will save development time on the server side or desktop. So why like many different products when it all comes together?
flex may be a toy, but i think wpf is a more powerful and fun toy.
we'll see what the market decides.
Since Silverlight is FAR easier to build, and debug, if Microsoft makes it just as simple to install as Flash, then 98% penetation will be no problem at all. Developers will push it, and clients will start installing.