Adobe Licensed Flash To Microsoft

When we were talking about Macromedia Flash, I don't think many were expecting to see it become Adobe Flash. No, we may see Microsoft Flash arriving on our mobile devices... but it's not quite that way. Obviously, Adobe can't let this extremely popular technology go away, but licensing it seems like a good idea, and that's exactly what they have just done. The company that got its licensing agreement? Microsoft!


This time we're not talking about rumors, because both Microsoft and Adobe confirmed a few hours ago that the Redmon giant has licensed Adobe's software for viewing rich media content on mobile phones, so the outcome is that Microsoft will distribute Flash Lite and Reader to cell phone makers that use Windows Mobile.

Since Flash is an ubiquitous technology already, I can't help myself but wonder "Why?"... After all, Microsoft is already working hard on Silverlight, which proves to be a pretty interesting alternative to Adobe Flash, but I am sure there are details of this deal that will emerge in time.

While we're talking about a deal involving a lot of money, financial details are secret for now, and that's probably how they'll remain. The good part is that end users will get the same free programs so, for now, there's not much difference for us... or maybe am I missing something? Let me know your opinions, please!

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