There was another interesting announcement from Microsoft yesterday about Astoria Web Services. Actually I've seen a lot of press around AJAXWorld this year, but the buzz on the expo floor is 'Whatever happened to Adobe?' One attendee I was talking to last night at the opening reception said they were also missing in action last week at the Gartner show. Microsoft announces Silverlight and Adobe goes 'missing in action' at one of the most significant rich Web app shows of the year. It is interesting, very interesting indeed.
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