Firstly, People have said i'm just an ex-disgruntled employee of Microsoft the moment i say something critical about the products. Let me clarify, i was ALWAYS a disgruntled employee - ex had nothing to do with it :) hehe..
Secondly, Executives inside Microsoft are mostly annoying but necessary. Microsoft will attempt and fail to push us all towards our new HTML5 overlords and its mostly driven by a need to regain some lost ground due to competitive failures over the past 5 years. Just nod, smile and give them the "Oh sure, HTML5 huh..good to know" and just keep pushing out Silverlight / WPF apps. It's one thing to make a declaration of intent to make HTML5 the new thing, its another to have a shift of momentum behind it. I don't honestly think Plug-in friendly developers (Flash or Silverlight) are quite ready to bend over for a science project like HTML5. Whether or not Silverlight/WPF can stick it out during this dark time is something to watch, but in truth there is a method to my madness as it came from watching how internally we used to react to the public.. its working kind of :) Thirdly, I find listening to Annie "Tomorrow" helps put the entire blog post into perspective.. kind of connects the experience to the words... Its really also important to understand that this post was really from the Marketing/PR team under the name of Bob :) I highly doubt he sat down infront of his computer and crafted that message. He'd given whomever the typist at the times some broad strokes in terms of his intended theme but the rest was written via PR focused friendly wordsmither... to which i sent emails strongly advising not to do. This is one of those times where the team should of dug in deep dropped hints around what Silverlight 5 looked like and really cement the commitment with actionable items instead of the pledge of commitment speech we've all heard thousands of times.. eg: "Silverlight is very important and strategic to Microsoft." - Really? what is the strategy then :) .. Anyway, i shouldn't poke at this .NET hive as i'm going to get stung soon :) On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 9:05 AM, Chris Anderson <christheco...@gmail.com> wrote: > It's amusing to see how many times Steve Balmer name dropped 'Silverlight' > in his post :). Backpedalling ahoy! > > My concern from the beginning has specifically been with the phrase “Our > Silverlight strategy and focus going forward has shifted". Bob says that's > not a negative statement in his post, but I disagree. Microsoft "shifted" > their strategy away from Windows Mobile, and look what happened with it - > practically nothing for years. After Microsoft released IE6 their strategy > "shifted" - again work on that product halted for years. It wasn't like > either of them were perfect, and couldn't have done with more work! > > It was easier to brush off Scott Barnes' tweets as those of an ex-softie > that *might not* have the current full picture and strategic insight of > Microsoft, but harder when the controversy stems from the current president > of the Server and Tools division. You could say that it was simply a bad > choice of words, but added to Scott Barnes' tips starts painting a bad > picture for Silverlight's future. Stating that their strategy has shifted > sends the wrong message to CTOs, and creates the PR nightmare we are all > faced with now. > > Personally, I still have faith in Silverlight and its potential (both > current and future), and evidence showed that Microsoft shares it too > (LightSwitch, Windows Phone 7, etc). I just hope that Microsoft continues > to see that potential through before chucking it on the backburner, and > doesn't abuse that faith. Currently they have a rather demoralised > community, and it's going to take a lot to prop it back up. Because those > of us promoting Silverlight will have a lot more work to do to now promoting > the platform. > > If one good thing comes from this controversy, it is that the community has > spoken, and it will *not* be happy with a shift in strategy. Maybe, just > maybe, that will impact positively internally at Microsoft. > > Chris > > > On 2 November 2010 07:19, Winston Pang <winstonp...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Man do you ever sleep? Haha you seem to operate in US time. >> Bobs post seems to be getting some interesting replies... >> >> Sent from my iPad >> On 02/11/2010, at 5:28 AM, Jose Fajardo <jose.faja...@cynergysystems.com> >> wrote: >> >> Here's Microsoft's official statements >> >> >> Bob Muglia has posted extensively on the Silverlight Team Blog: >> http://team.silverlight.net >> >> >> Steve Ballmer has also commented on his PDC blog: >> http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2010/nov10/11-01Statement.mspx >> >> >> >> .... either believe them or not completely up to you guys! >> >> >> Note: The information contained in this message and any attachment to it >> is privileged, confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of >> this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent >> responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are >> hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this >> communication is strictly prohibited. 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