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Microsoft, Adobe wage verbal battle over RIAs


By Jeff Feinman
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February 25, 2009 —  (Page 1 of 2)
It all started with an answer to a question at a telecommunications conference, which sparked a verbal feud over two of the more notable rich Internet application (RIA) platforms on the market.

When asked his thoughts on Microsoft Silverlight at Thomas Weisel Partners Technology & Telecom Conference 2009 in mid-February, Mark Garrett, Adobe’s executive vice president and CFO, said that Silverlight launched strong, but its adoption “has really fizzled out in the last six to nine months, I’d say. We’re innovating ahead of them, and they have not been able to catch up.”

Those remarks got under the skin of Tim Sneath, Microsoft's director of client platform evangelism. “We're very pleased with how Silverlight is doing,” Sneath told SD Times. “Even in this troubled economy, my team is working overtime to respond to requests from top Web 2.0 sites across the world who are adopting Silverlight. There's no other Web technology out there that packs so much punch in such a small size.”

Sneath said that Garrett’s comments make it seem as if he’s “living in a fantasy world.” He pointed out that Silverlight offers near infinite-scale image interoperability with DeepZoom, rich XML-based UI layout and markup, and seamless interaction with HTML. Microsoft has even been using Silverlight for its own technology needs by demonstrating how a new version of Office will use Silverlight in browser-based companion applications.

“In terms of Silverlight momentum, there's no question that we're on course. Silverlight 2 has only been out for five months and yet is now installed on more Internet-connected PCs than Firefox and Google Chrome combined,” said Sneath, who initially reacted to Garrett’s comments on his blog, Musings of a Client Platform Guy.

Garrett declined further comment about his remarks at the conference, which were first reported by Betanews.

Matt Rozen, a spokesman for Adobe, said Garrett’s comment was made for the financial community at a special event and was a quick answer to a question from an audience member. However, Sneath wasn’t convinced that the jab was a simple slip of the tongue, saying it is in Adobe’s interest to try to create the perception that Adobe’s Flex RIA platform is in huge demand while interest in Silverlight is waning.


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02/27/2009 01:29:43 AM EST

And if you really are sick of proprietary RIA stacks and prefer an open source platform, you should check out Appcelerator Titanium. http://titaniumapp.com. We're building a competitive stack from the ground up with our open source community.

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