This is classic, and it’s indicative of a wider trend as more and more attention gets paid to RIAs. People who don’t really have any sense of the history of our business or the technologies start writing about buzzwords. In this case the Motley Fool wrote a blog post about how Adobe is running scared because of Silverlight. The premise was that Netflix had switched from Flash to Silverlight and that Flash was in trouble. The problem is that Netflix never used Flash. In fact I doubt it ever will seeing as the Founder of Netflix is on Microsoft’s board.
So how do we fix this? How can we better educate journalists on the competitive landscape. I think everyone at Adobe has a pretty healthy respect for Silverlight, and that’s been great for our customers. We’ve added a lot of features to the Flash Player and have done a ton around innovation because everyone is gunning for us. I don’t think we’re “running scared”, we just know that we have to keep up the pace, and I think we have so far. The fact of the matter is that we’ve seen a ton of wins. Hulu, YouTube, CBS, and people switching back to Flash from Silverlight like MLB.com. Flash provides a great video experience. Our server software has made giant strides both in price and features like dynamic streaming and DRM. Competition is healthy but I’d be hard-pressed to name an area where we’re behind when it comes to rich media or RIAs on the web. But if you, as the customer, think there are, let us know. We’re listening.
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