For those who can't speak Espanol (Spanish for "Spanish", I've took my time and translated the above post from Windows Live Translator:
"Silverlight (codename WPF/E) is the new technology of Microsoft for the development Web. Based on the principles of Windows Presentation Foundation, Silverlight will allow to take the experience of user in the Web to you even limit not reached, thanks to its enormous potential after the generation of rich interfaces of user, and its capacities for the handling of elements multimedia and 3D.
However, which is guessed as one immediate revolution of the concept of the Web must surpass a series of difficulties. When being a totally new technology, a site in the market must become. Market that at the moment occupies to a large extent Flash/ActionScript.
As much Silverlight as Flash has their strengths and weaknesses, between which we could mention the following:
Silverlight:
Advantages:
- More powerful language, based on WPF and .Net fx 3.0.
- More complete development tools: Line of vision Studio and Expression Suite Acceleration by hardware by means of the use of DirectX.
Disadvantages:
- Not supported in all the navigators. Support for Internet Explorer, Safari and Firefox.
Flash:
Advantages:
- Multiplataforma (practically supported by all the navigators available) Presence in the market during many years.
Disadvantages:
- ActionScript is a language somewhat disorganized and complex to handle.
Under yield.
Considering east type of comparative, as much Adobe with Flash as Microsoft with Silverlight is putting all their effort in improving their respective products, trying to obtain that they are most competitive possible and thus to be able to win this “war” by the "rich” applications in Internet.
Adobe has sent version 9 of Flash, that uses ActionScript 3.0 and uses a compiler JIT (Just-In-Time), who generates code machine specific, and so one of its weaknesses as it is the yield is improved.
On the other hand, Microsoft uses DirectX-like technology to obtain acceleration by hardware and to obtain a spectacular yield in Silverlight. Also we have for a short time the last versions of the Expression family to designers: Blend, Design and Media Encoder. These versions have one better integration with the IDE to developer: Studio line of vision. Especially from the launching of Line of vision Studio 2008 (codename Orcas).
Yet this, we were before a great fight in the market of the applications Web that also affects the students to us in many senses, since probably on the outcome of the same, it will depend what technologies we will have to use when we give the jump to the professional world.
And you, you are of Silverlight or Flash?"