Difference between FLASH and SILVERLIGHT

Flash:

• Timeline animation in Flash is frame based. It uses transformation matrix.
• Flash uses a 3rd party library to store shapes
• Flash supports multiple video formats/codec’s, however the output is proprietary
• Flash content can be created by using Adobe Flash.
• As a programming model, ActionScript has a huge learning curve and is not a common
• programming skill found in developers.
• Flash provides with 2D animation graphics.
• The cost of Media server licensing in Flash is more.
• Full screen video capabilities (720p) not available
• Flash content binary in nature.

Silverlight:

• Silverlight uses timeline (vector) based animation.
• Silverlight uses XAML.
• Silverlight uses an industry standard codec
• To create Silverlight content, you can use your existing tools like Visual Studio. Anotherdedicated tool is Expression Blend
• Silverlight has been developed from ground-up using the languages you are already familiar with as a .NET developer. Silverlight content can be created using XAML and a .NET language. This way, you can utilize your existing skills.
  So does Silverlight
• The cost is much lesser than Flash
• Scalable full screen video available up to HD (720p)
• Silverlight content is textual in nature