Actually, there are a number of options at this point. For one thing, the existence of a free browser plugin from Adobe, which hoped to bring in revenues from serverside sales, made it difficult for competitors to offer alternative browser plugins.
For example, there are a number of svgt1.2 viewers out there, any one of which could be turned into a low-cost svg plugin into IE if the vendors find an alluring business case. However, the appearance that MS are working on an svg solution for IE8 means that any vendor thinking of going with a plugin for their viewer has a limited window of opportunity. It is far too early in the development of the demise of ASV to assume the worst-case scenarios. They have created a vacuum for IE, and either someone will fill it or IE users who want SVG will move to another platform. After all, IE now has less than 80% of the platform worldwide, and in Europe that number is far, far lower. When IE is missing a feature, that is no longer the feature's demise, and is more yet another drop in user base for IE (hence their working on an svg solution). On Saturday 09 September 2006 10:50, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I spose we are now in the hands of > > http://www.gosvg.net/ > > >From: Jon Ferraiolo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: svg-developers@yahoogroups.com > >To: svg-developers@yahoogroups.com > >Subject: [svg-developers] Re: Announcement: Adobe to Discontinue Adobe SVG > >Viewer > >Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 15:30:16 -0700 > > > > > >As of when??!?!?!!? > >What happened??? > >Leonard > >-------------- > > > >Hi Leonard (and the other 7455 people on this list), > > > >I changed jobs in May, leaving Adobe to join IBM's Emerging Technologies > >group to help with OpenAjax. I left Adobe for IBM because this OpenAjax > >opportunity was just too attractive, even though my previous assignments > > at Adobe were also interesting and fun. (OK. I'll come clean. The REAL > > reason was I felt hugely embarrassed about living in Silicon Valley and > > not changing jobs in 13 years.) Here are some URLs on OpenAjax: > > > >http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/19187.wss - OpenAjax > >launched with 15 original members > >http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/19623.wss - OpenAjax gains > >13 additional members > >http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/05/22/78577_HNajaxforge_1.html - Press > >report on first OpenAjax Alliance meeting > >http://ajax.sys-con.com/read/233247.htm - About me taking the reins > > > >There will be a lot more information about OpenAjax in the coming weeks. > > In particular, we are about to unveil our web site, a white paper, > > outline definition of the "OpenAjax Hub" (and associated open source > > project), announcements of new members, and have our second face-to-face > > meeting. Very cool stuff. Maybe not as cool as SVG or next-generation > > PDF, but cool nonetheless, and as I have mentioned in previous emails, > > SVG is becoming a component technology of Ajax. (And I can now hang my > > head high again in Silicon Valley due to having job-hopped recently.) > > > >Jon > > > >Jon Ferraiolo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Web Architect, Emerging Technologies > >IBM, Menlo Park, CA > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows Live� Messenger has arrived. Click here to download it for free! > http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/?locale=en-gb > > > > ----- > To unsubscribe send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -or- > visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my > membership" ---- > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > -- Ronan Oger Director RO IT Systems GmbH ...Building Web2.0 with SVG since 2001 http://www.roitsystems.com ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ---- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
