One of the most common questions we get from ISV's is about which client technology (WPF, WinForms, Silverlight, AJAX, etc.) from Microsoft is best for their scenario.

David Chappell has written a great whitepaper posted at www.windowsclient.net that helps take you through the relative benefits of each of the options and how they all work together.

In this paper, David Chappell discusses WPFs unified presentation platform and how it helps designers and developers collaborate more closely to create rich, immersive Windows user interfaces. Discover how the common programming model for standalone and browser user interface applications works in tandem with Windows Forms, Silverlight, and ASP.NET AJAX as well Visual Studio 2008 and Expression Blend, Web, Design, and Media.

Microsoft, ISV, Technology, Client Technology, Article

Source:→ Microsoft US ISV Developer Evangelism Team