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Microsoft, the software giant  hopes the Silverlight upgrade will promote acceptance of the plug-in closely enjoyed by its present rival, Adobe Flash.

Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) declared Monday the impending accessibility of Silverlight 2.0, the company’s rich Web application plug-in that today contends mainly with Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) Flash.

With Silverlight 2.0, Microsoft is desiring to push Silverlight beyond Flash rivalry along  its plug-in much further than it did with the mostly video-focused first version. Silverlight 2.0 hasn’t only enhanced video support, but includes a subset of the company’s hot Net Framework; supports new programming languages like C#, Python, and Ruby; and can call Web services and Atom endpoints to support componentized Web apps.

This will be available for download on Tuesday, with automatic updates for those with earlier versions due in the next few weeks . Silverlight will run in Firefox, Safari, and Internet Explorer on Windows and Mac OS, and Novell (NSDQ: NOVL) is working on a version for Linux.

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