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  • Sun Launches JavaFX to Try and Compete with Flash & Silverlight [View article]
    As of now, a real objective picture:

    JavaFX Sun - Open Platform Effort :
    Maturity: New born but based on java (1995),
    Performance: good (equivalent to Silverlight)
    Target: multiple devices (tv, car, hand-held), desktop and browser RIA
    Development Tools: in progress
    Codec support: H.264 soon, On2 VP6 (I think VP6E VP6S), MP3
    (Note that on2 supports H.263, H.264, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, WMV/VC-1, Sorenson Spark, and VP6(TM) and Sun has a multi-year agreement with On2 technologies).

    Silverlight Microsoft:
    Maturity: new (1-2 years old)
    Performance: good (equivalent to JavaFX)
    Target: Browser plug-in,
    Development Tools: in progress
    Codec support: H.264 soon, WMV/VC-1

    Flash (and flavors) - Adobe
    Maturity: Since 1996
    Performance: good
    Target: Browser and out of browser applications
    Development Tools: good
    Codec support: H.264 (MPEG-4), On2 VP6 VP6E VP6S , VC1, HE-AAC, MP4, M4V, M4A, 3GP and MOV

    More about video codecs:
    Silverlight: www.doceo.com/silverli...
    H.264: www.doceo.com/h264/tes...
    VP6: www.doceo.com/flv/test...
    VP6-S: www.doceo.com/flvs/tes...
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