Microsoft unveils Silverlight
Silverlight is Microsoft’s attempt to compete with the all dominating Flash plug-in from Adobe by providing a browser plug-in to deliver Flash like vector graphics, animation, video and sound. It seems to extend an all round assault from Microsoft on Adobe and their domination of the web design software marketplace. Microsoft is copying the software model from Macromedia (acquired by Adobe) where their free Flash plug-in has become virtually ubiquitous on the web and revenue is created from the sale of development tools to create content for the Flash plug-in.