<Ajax vs. Silverlight and .NET ⁄ >

I get the Silverlight vs. Ajax question all the time, whether it is at a conference, over email, or over on discussion forums. In the interest of seeding a broader discussion, and hearing what other people think, I thought this would be an interesting blog post, along with the side benefit of having a ready-made answer the next time the topic comes up.

There have been a number of blog posts pitching Ajax vs. RIA (whether its Flash or Silverlight) such as this one here. Personally, I think Ajax and Silverlight complement each other, and the "vs." is a bit misplaced. Furthermore, the way I see it, there is a continuum, with a number of sweet spots representing specific classes of applications. This perspective is perhaps directly reflected in the makeup of the UIFX team that I work on at Microsoft - the team is spread across ASP.NET, Ajax, Silverlight and RIA frameworks all at once actively working on cool stuff in each of these areas (i.e. lots to look forward to).



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