.Net? Java? No Thanks, We’ll Take Macromedia Instead
An article on Internetweek.com gives the reasons Mitem Corp chose to use Flash MX rather than .NET or Java as a solution for a large scale internet application. 

.Net? Java? No Thanks, We’ll Take Macromedia Instead
An article on Internetweek.com gives the reasons Mitem Corp chose to use Flash MX rather than .NET or Java as a solution for a large scale internet application. The interesting thing is they were traditionally a .NET and Java shop and had to learn Flash.. i.e. they converted development over to Flash rather than using what they already knew.

It’s an interesting read if you’re trying to decide whether to use .NET, Java, or Flash for a web app.
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