David A. Windham

Microsoft Silverlight vs Adobe Media Player

Today at the 2007 National Association of Broadcasters conference (NAB2007), Microsoft and Adobe have gone tit for tat with product launches that directly target one another.


Microsoft Press Release
Adobe Multicast


I’ve come to the same conclusion as this chap …Adobe is getting into the Desktop Media Player business, which means they are competing with Microsoft’s Windows Media Player directly. It is also a major opportunity for Adobe to feed the Apollo ecosystem and show people the limitations of traditional desktop software.