Silverlight 2 and Flash In RIA News

The world of the Rich Internet Application (RIA) just took a couple of fascinating turns.   Silverlight version 2 is now out in beta; and it looks… well it looks TOTALLY AMAZING.  It can be programmed using serious, elegant, programming languages; it has great tool support; and a version of Silverlight is coming to mobile phones [...]

¶ Posted March 5, 2008 § Adobe, Applet, Flash, FlashLite, Flex, Java, Java applets, RIA, Silverlight, Sun, Sun Microsystems inc ‡ Comments (0)

Will WPF/E destroy Flash, Flash Lite and Java ME?

Last November, I wrote about Sun needing to up the pace of innovation with Java ME if they want to keep up with Flash Lite. Now, Microsoft may be about to trump both Sun (Java ME) and Adobe (Flash/Flash Lite).
Microsoft’s plans for WPF/E are starting to look pretty impressive: a well-designed technology; [...]

¶ Posted January 15, 2007 § Adobe, C#, FlashLite, Java, Java ME, Mobile, Software Development, Sun, Sun Microsystems inc, WPF, WPF/E, Wireless ‡ Comments (0)

Java On The Next Billion Devices - Will History Repeat Itself?

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Jonathan Schwartz poses a great question in his latest blog entry, entitled - I Believe in Network Clients. The question being:
With Java now powering more than four billion devices (ahem, network clients), the question we now face is how do we approach the next few billion.
He is keeping everyone guessing what his [...]

¶ Posted November 11, 2006 § FlashLite, Java, Java ME, Jonathan Schwartz, Mobile, Software Development, Sun, Sun Microsystems inc, Technology ‡ Comments (3)