Flash and Flex “Toys” According to Michael Arrington
Before I question his sanity, I will disclose that I mostly agree with everything Michael Arrington says and writes. He knows his stuff...usually.
Michael recently wrote a post in which he made what I think are outrageous assertions concerning Microsoft's Silverlight and Adobe's Flash and Flex. The following quote from the post particularly shocked me:
"For those of us watching the demos at the Mix conference the immediate importance of it was apparent - Silverlight will be the platform of choice for developers who build rich Internet applications. It makes Flash/Flex look like an absolute toy. After the keynote, the main topic of conversation in the hallways centered on just how effectively Microsoft carried out its execution of Adobe."
Those are some fairly presumptuous remarks, especially coming from someone who, to the best of my knowledge, is not himself a developer. Interestingly, none of the comments I've read from any of the developers at Mix or other developers who have had access to Silverlight come close to resembling what Arrington has said. Now, this is not to say that Silverlight can't be succesful. I think it can and competition to Flash and Flex will only benefit everyone. I'll wait, however, to declare Flash and Flex dead until after someone who knows what they're talking about (specifically developers) gives me some compelling evidence.
