Microsoft Silverlight vs. Adobe AIR/Flex Debate

The battle for control of the future of computing was held at 7 PM (PST/GMT +8) on Thursday, February 12 in the Bronco Student Center (Ursa Minor) at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona. Microsoft Corp. and Adobe Systems Inc. will present their contenders for whose technologies will dominate. Adobe (maker of Photoshop, Flash and Dreamweaver) is encouraging developers to create media-rich desktop computer applications that operate independently of the Internet through its Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR). Microsoft wants developers to create media-rich applications that can be used online through its Silverlight technology.

Sam Stokes, Microsoft Academic Developer/Evangelist

Kevin Hoyt, Adobe Platform Evangelist

Sam Stokes, academic developer/evangelist at Microsoft Corporation and Kevin Hoyt, platform evangelist at Adobe will represent the two sides. The event was sponsored by the Interactive Web Development Student Association and the Computer Information Systems department in the College of Business Administration.

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