As Microsoft readies release 2.0 of its Silverlight rich media technology, it will need to make a better showing on the mobile platform if it is to prove a credible challenger to Adobe Flash. Like Adobe, the Windows giant has been angling to get Silverlight on to the iPhone, but has been rebuffed by Apple; and is now evaluating Google Android. This would be a significant step on Microsoft’s recent path to decouple some of its key software technologies from Windows, a strategy adopted painfully, and largely geared to the mobile world, where Windows has failed to gain the dominance it has on the PC.
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