The Struggle for the Soul of the Web: Flash and Silverlight challenge the Open Web - 0 views
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Gary Edwards on 24 Dec 08Just because the web has been open so far doesn't mean that it will stay that way. Flash and Silverlight, arguably the two market-leading technology toolkits for rich media applications are not open. Make no mistake - Microsoft and Adobe aim to have their proprietary plug-ins, aka pseudo-browsers, become the rendering engines for the next generation of the Web.