Microsoft to take on Adobe with graphics ‘Everywhere’

Microsoft is to introduce it’s own range advanced graphics software set up a potential showdown with Adobe Systems.

Microsoft executives provided technical detail and anticipated ship dates for a product code-named Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere (WPF/E) at the Mix ’06 conference last week.

The goal of WPF/E, which should be available in the first half of next year, is to bring a significant portion of the slick look and feel of Windows Vista — the update to Microsoft’s Windows client software — to other operating systems and non-Microsoft browsers. WPF/E software can display video, two-dimensional vector graphics and animations, but stops short of the full 3D graphics and document-rendering capabilities available in Vista, according to the company.

Source & More: CNET