May 11 2007

Adobe-Microsoft-Sun Battle in the RIA Arena: Which to Choose?

Posted by Sophia as Computers, Gadzooki News, Microsoft, Mobility, Tech Companies, Tech News, The Web

If you've been using your computer for sometime now (what an understatement!), you might have heard at least one of the three big companies, Adobe, Microsoft, and Sun. Your first computer was probably a PC---a DOS- or Windows-based personal computer---so you've probably heard of Microsoft already. As for the other two, I've become aware of them about the same time, during high school: Adobe specializes in graphics software, with Acrobat and Photoshop as its most familiar products. Sun, on the other hand, aside from being a notable hardware company, it is also behind Java, one of the most popular programming languages ever. The RIA Battle A few years ago it would be difficult to see how ...

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