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Answered by brucest : Sep 29 2009 08:53 AM
The short answer I've heard is Flex is "Flash for application developers". It's a set of tools that include a compiler and debugger, as well as an application framework and a program... full answer >
Answered by blackbear : Sep 30 2009 05:19 PM
As it happens, I spent a good piece of last year looking at the two RIAA platforms you mention, Flash (really Flex) and Silverlight. Here's a couple of bullet points for each.
Flash/Flex:
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