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Microsoft Challenges Adobe Claims of Flash Support
By Darryl K. Taft

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Microsoft came out swinging as reports on Major League Baseball's use of Adobe's Flash technology re-emerged to coincide with this season's Opening Day.

Microsoft came out swinging as reports on Major League Baseball's use of Adobe's Flash technology re-emerged to coincide with this season's Opening Day.

At issue is that MLB.com contracted to use Microsoft's Silverlight for its 2008 season but chose to go exclusive with Flash this season as the preferred means of streaming baseball games via its subscription service, MLB.TV.

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Indeed, CNET reported that MLB was less than enthused with Silverlight's performance. According to the CNET report:

"(Major League Baseball) has an ongoing dispute with Microsoft because of the significant problems we encountered last year," said Bob Bowman, CEO Major League Baseball Advanced Media.

MLB.com and Adobe announced a two-year agreement regarding the use of Flash last November.

Read the rest of this article on eWEEK.com.




 
 
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