Is html/javascript equivalent to as3/flex?

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Hello my fellow coders,

As i notice for a while now (like everybody else in the industry), the RIA market is shifting from AS3/Flex to HTML/Javascript. What i would like to know is? Is html/javascript as powerfull as as3/Flex or are they entirely different. With other words can i build the exact same applictions with HTML(4/5) and Javascript as i can do with AS3/Flex?

I'm not looking for the speed comparison? or bashing one technology over the other? I just want to know if is good for me to dive into javascript, JQuery......

PS. If there is a nother post on stackoverflow with the exacte question. please share the link. Thanks.

Thank you.

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