I've been talking to some folks about Windows Presentation Foundation and the new Silverlight that Microsoft just announced (previously known as WPF/E).
There seems to be some confusion about exactly what Silverlight is. It seems that some believe Silverlight will be an enhanced version of WPF to allow for 3D graphics and other visual elements - sort of a superset of WPF.
Actually, it's the opposite. The purpose of Silverlight is to provide a unified way of authoring presentation for any platform. You might be surprised to learn that many basic controls are not available in Silverlight. Something as simple and basic as a button isn't in Silverlight.
So what do you think? Is there a market for Silverlight? Will companies begin to ebrace this technology? Is it just a Flash replacement?
Check out http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight to download Silverlight as well as the SDK and sample projects.