Microsoft, Adobe wage own olympic-scale fight
InternetNews | at | by Mike
As the world's best athletes compete in Beijing, the summer Olympic games are setting the stage for a battle between Microsoft and Adobe Systems over the Internet's next big competition.
Microsoft's Silverlight technology and rival Adobe's Flash format are currently locked in a race over who delivers the world's online video, but the ultimate prize may be who powers the next generation of Web software.
Using Silverlight, the NBC site offers a glimpse of what is possible with future Web applications because viewers are able to watch up to four videos at once or follow the action with an online commentary that runs alongside the video.