Microsoft Hires A Former Adobe Flash Evangelist To Pitch Silverlight

Mike Downey has spent the greater part of the last nine years singing the praises of Adobe Flash. Now, Downey is singing the praises of Flash media player-rival Silverlight. Downey joined Microsoft earlier this month as a principal evangelist focused on Silverlight. Until February, he was a principal evangelist at Adobe’s platform business unit, which includes Flash. (Downey also worked for more than two years as a senior product manager for Flash, managing the integration of Flash into Adobe after Adobe purchased Macromedia in 2006, according to his LinkedIn profile).

In a blog post, Downey explains the reasons for his apparent switch of loyalties: “We all know that web technologies evolve quickly – particularly in the (rich internet application) space. I want to continue to be a part of that and I feel that Microsoft is in the best position to take things to the next level. We may not be there yet but we’re working on some amazing things.

More info: http://madowney.com/blog/2009/07/31/i-joined-microsoft/
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