Comments on: Another fight … Microsoft vs. Adobe

By: Microsoft vs Adobe: The Rivalry Heats Up - GigaOM

Microsoft vs Adobe: The Rivalry Heats Up - GigaOM — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:31:54 +0000

[...] The Barons of Redmond countered with Silverlight technology last year. They have upped the stakes by buying their way into the market – a time tested strategy for the software giant. [...]

By: Sam Stone

Sam Stone — Wed, 28 May 2008 02:39:05 +0000

There is no doubt that Silverlight is gaining momentum. Of course Flash has many hearts and minds in its camp and it is very easy to bash Microsoft for trying anything new, but this is a worthy release.

To showcase Silverlight, Microsoft Australia are running an interesting campaign to demo MS Office 2007 and raise money for charity at the same time. Users watch a 30-second clip of Aussie kids explaining Office 2007, and Microsoft donates one Aussie dollar to a local charity, The Smith Family.

It’s a well-polished Silverlight site for a good cause.

http://www.microsoft.com.au/donatenow is the link

By: Mobile Chronicles » Blog Archive » Nokia to use Microsoft’s Silverlight platform for its devices

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:20:27 +0000

[...] Nokia has signed up to use Microsoft’s Silverlight platform for its S60 and S40 mobile devices as well as its Nokia Internet tablets, marking the first mobile win for the Redmond giant’s rich media development framework. This follows announcements last year of Silverlight support for Linux and Macs. With the mobile push, Microsoft is moving toward making Silverlight a truly cross-platform tool, able to compete with Adobe Flash. [...]

By: Silverlight Goes Mobile with Nokia « NewTeeVee

Silverlight Goes Mobile with Nokia « NewTeeVee — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:01:56 +0000

[...] the mobile push, Microsoft is moving toward making Silverlight a truly cross-platform tool, able to compete with Adobe Flash. Continue reading at [...]

By: Silverlight Goes Mobile With Nokia - GigaOM

Silverlight Goes Mobile With Nokia - GigaOM — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:00:15 +0000

[...] Stacey Higginbotham, Monday, March 3, 2008 at 11:00 PM PT Comments (0) Nokia has signed up to use Microsoft’s Silverlight platform for its S60 and S40 mobile devices as well as its Nokia Internet tablets, marking the first mobile win for the Redmond giant’s rich media development framework. This follows announcements last year of Silverlight support for Linux and Macs. With the mobile push, Microsoft is moving toward making Silverlight a truly cross-platform tool, able to compete with Adobe Flash. [...]

By: Free For All… Office Sweepstakes « GigaOM

Free For All… Office Sweepstakes « GigaOM — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 06:31:42 +0000

[...] Written by Om Malik Sunday, September 30, 2007 at 11:31 PM PT | No comments Everyone wants a piece of Microsoft’s (MSFT) Office suite. Google (GOOG), Sun Microsystems (JAVA), IBM, dozens of start-ups and now, Adobe Systems (ADBE). The company today bought Virtual Ubiquity, a Waltham, Mass.-based start-up behind Buzzword, an online word processing software offering. I guess this is one way to respond to Microsoft Silverlight that takes aim right at the heart of Adobe. [...]

By: Vidya Nath

Vidya Nath — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 04:03:45 +0000

“this is a flashback…from the ’90s,…ending up causing more confusion.”
Actually different market segments seem to identify what format they wants for what application. By just creating a few value add ons, Microsoft and Adobe can’t create a huge dent in each other’s territory. In this case, definitely not Microsoft…it just seems to have a complicated offering. Adobe, well yes…Adobe needed to iron out a few creases of security, quality and real time streaming to become the darling of the emerging online media industry…but it still has some way to go before it can be mounted on the pedestal as the ultimate video solution.

By: Daniel Gibbons

Daniel Gibbons — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 19:21:50 +0000

I urge anyone who wants a good laugh to check out the sample Silverlight content here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=515684FD-C8A0-4588-88C5-54CE224925E7&displaylang=en

Some of the nastiest rich media content I’ve ever seen. Not really a reflection on the quality of the silverlight technology, but you would think they could have done better than this.

By: Microsoft and Adobe Go Head-To-Head…Again - CyberNet News

Microsoft and Adobe Go Head-To-Head…Again - CyberNet News — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:55:36 +0000

[...] Source: GigaOm [...]

By: Rick

Rick — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 14:26:30 +0000

Microsoft are a bunch of control freaks. As if Flash is not meeting the needs of everyone.

Google, please get rid of these guys!