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Silverlight or WPF?

I need to start work on a new LOB application that basically generates data. I am going to use WPF or Silverlight, but I don’t know which technology to use. Silverlight seems to have everything I need, with the bonus of being a cross platform. Is there a reason why I should use WPF in this context? or Silverlight - the way for such applications?

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If Silverlight has everything you need, I would say go!

You could start writing a simple prototype where you will solve your biggest problems. If Silverlight handles these tasks, you have received your confirmation and you can start writing the entire application in Silverlight.

Silverlight catches up with WPF, and when Silverlight 4 comes out, you can solve many of what you need WPF for.

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Deployment is one consideration. Silverlight is browser-based (requires a plug-in for configuration), WPF does not require configuration on all computers.

There is no right answer - it depends on how the application should be used, what is architecture, etc.

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