Microsoft appears to be going after Adobe with the new Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere.? It’s basically a cross platform runtime engine? that plays in all the major browsers and supports the new Expression Suite of Designer tools.
More than a few folks out there wish Microsoft would have just used the Flash platform for Rich Internet Applications but Microsoft does like the control self development brings. It’s difficult to tell when or if this will have any affect on Flash.
and Jupiter Research reports that eight-two percent of U.S. small businesses will be online by 2011.? I? really? would have thought incorrectly that eighty percent of the small businesses out there would be online in some form.
More than meets the eye in Microsoft plan
http://news.com.com/More+than+meets+the+eye+in+Microsoft+plan/2100-1012_3-6053893.html?
Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere video : MSDN.com
http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=193367
?€œWPF/E?€ (codename) Software Development Kit (SDK) Community Technology Preview (Dec 2006)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2b01ec7e-c3b8-47cc-b12a-67c30191c3aa&DisplayLang=en
Microsoft Targets Adobe With Expression Web Launch
http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/dailyarchives.jhtml?articleId=196601273
First Look at Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere : Ryan Stewart
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Stewart/index.php?blogthis=1&p=188
Windows Presentation Foundation : wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Presentation_Foundation
“WPF/E” Downloads for Developers
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/asp.net/bb187452