Microsoft Prefers Flash To Silverlight

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft still has not adopted Silverlight, and uses Flash all over its websites. 'Despite all the controversy over Microsoft using Silverlight to take over the rich internet market from Adobe Flash, the software giant seems to be not even trying. In fact, even most Microsoft web sites are using Flash instead of Silverlight.'"

Maybe they're waiting for SP2

[FurtiveGlancer]

I know I would...

the obvious

[dotancohen]

Microsoft Prefers Flash To Silverlight

Who doesn't?

Re:Meh

[Anonymous Coward]

The last thing they want is people going "wtf, microsofts site is broken!"

Yes, because Microsoft products are so insanely reliable, so robust, so rock-solid, that Microsoft could in no way afford to create the perception that perhaps something of theirs is broken. It would ruin them, I tell you!

Re:re-development cost

[mysticgoat]

I didn't realize that Microsoft still had developers. I sort of thought that Vista and Office 2007 demonstrated that all the developers had exercised their stock options and gone on to more interesting projects with Google, IBM, and Yahoo.

Um, wasn't that what the Yahoo deal was really all about? Ballmer trying to reclaim some of his developers developers developers?

Re:Silverlight is insignificant

[Anonymous Coward]

I don't want your monomoon microshit.

Re:Dog food?

[Anonymous Coward]

The executives of Pedigree Chum?

Re:Silverlight is insignificant

[Angostura]

Surely you should be quizzing the original poster on whether he meant mean, median or mode when he said 'average'.

Re:JavaFX.com is Java-free

[Anonymous Coward]

Wow. JavaScript AND QuickTime? I think I would rather be stabbed in the face. No, wait; I KNOW I would rather be stabbed in the face. If only they could have figured out a way to add Real to the equation, perhaps embedding it all in a PDF. Now THAT would have been impressive. Horribly, horribly impressive.

Re:This story is idiotic.

[jeepien]

[Microsoft bashing has] gotten especially bad lately.... I guess you have to appeal to your audience even if it loses you credibility...it's the Fox News mantra.

You have a point. Therefore, in the interest of being fair and balanced, I'll take this opportunity to point out that Faux News is the OTHER anti-Christ.