Microsoft And Others Take Aim At Adobe's Flash

摘要

Adobe's Flash technology has long played a major role in delivering compelling graphics online, but a shadow now hangs over its future as powerful technology companies-Apple, Google, and Microsoft-and open source organizations like Mozilla work to make Flash unnecessary.rnAt least, that's the way some view the situation, although as one might expect, Adobe sees things differently.rnIn the case of Microsoft, it's a matter of wanting to see its own technology and tools, from Silverlight to Expression, gain market share. Toward that end, and to blunt the adoption of open source development tools, Microsoft recently launched Website-Spark, a program that offers Web developers free Microsoft development software for three years.