Microsoft WPF/E has a more catchy name as from now on. On Monday Microsoft launched Silverlight at the National Association of Broadcasters show in Las Vegas. Silverlight is browser plugin for interactive web content.
Plugin for interactive web content sounds like flash, you think?
Like Flash, the Microsoft program will have development tools for designers and software developers.
Microsoft is saying that Silverlight can solve some of the problems content providers have at the moment with Flash. Microsoft is also introducing a new drm system, called PlayReady. The current version of Flash cannot protect content at this time.
Microsoft claims Silverlight will be cheaper than Flash. While Adobe Flash can have huge licensing cost for contentproviders, Microsoft plans to deliver all tools for preparing and straming videos with the to be released Windows Longorn Server.
And Adobe ?
Adobe is presenting the Adobe Media Player, directly targeted at Windows Media Player. Adobe Media Player will let you subscribe to content via RSS, and being the only major desktop application that will support Flash, and will be crossplatform (Windows and Mac).
[tags]microsoft, adobe, silverlight, flash, media player [/tags]