Flash Passes Quicktime gaining on WMP

Flash is quickly becoming the top media player of choice for many important companies such as the New York Times. The adavatages include speed of loading, and cross platform compatibility which is a growing concern. By putting something WMV file you are limiting the amount of people who can view that file and if you are a business that relies on reaching as many people as possible this becomes an issue. To quote the article "Part of the appeal of Flash has been its cross-platform availability. Although it is a proprietary product, the Flash Player can be found for Windows, Mac, and Linux users. It got a head start on QuickTime, which works on Macs and Windows PCs, and Real, which runs on all three operating systems."

Personally I think with the growing useability of flash and ease of uploading we will see a major shift from traditional media players to flash based ones. However I don't think that we will limit the cross platform issues completely because companies like microsoft want people to solely use their products so I'm sure they will find a way to use flash technology and still make it so you have to use windows media.