Joshua Allen wrote a very clear and well-thought article entitled “HTML5 vs. Silverlight: Which Will Win?”… a topic that I’ve heard more than a couple times in the past month. This question also of course comes up in reference to Flash as well.
However besides going over the logic (or rather illogic) of this debate, Joshua concludes with an interesting comment about what sort of people this question generally comes from:
“…those who argue that HTML5 will supplant everything else tend to be companies who have nothing else. If you only sell hammers, you might as well try to convince people that there are no such things as screws. And you can drive awareness for your newly-incorporated hammer store by telling tales of intrigue and conflict between hammers and screwdrivers. But the fact that these arguments are often couched in conspiracy theories or ideology, suggests that they are primarily opportunistic marketing ploys, and not motivated by pragmatic technical reality.”
READ MORE: “HTML5 vs Silverlight: Which will win?”
http://visitmix.com/Opinions/HTML5-vs-Silverlight-Which-Will-Win
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