Macromedia in seeing the benefit of RIAs. These are just MS Avalon RIAs
instead of MM Flash RIAs.
-Kevin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry C. Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 1:48 PM
Subject: Re: Microsoft is developing a "Flash Killer"
> Then again it could be standard M$ FUD.
>
> larry
>
> At 02:31 PM 11/6/2003, you wrote:
> >I was just reading some stuff related to this in InfoWorld.
> >
> > >From an article on Longhorn in this month's magazine:
> >"For years, Microsoft has argued that browser-based apps can be replaced
by
> >smart, Internet-aware client applications that exploit the processing
power
> >of desktop computers running Windows."
> >
> >And quoting a product manager:
> >"in this browser-centric world clients must always be connected, the
server
> >becomes a bottleneck, and HTML apps are clunky to build and use."
> >
> >Tie that in with the Avalon XML based GUI and this quote from an analyst:
> >"...the possibility of letting graphic artists more directly create the
user
> >interface either by entering the markup themselves or by using graphics
> >tools, as opposed to programmer tools," and it sounds a lot like Flash
> >Remoting with Longhorn as an OS _being_ Central. And yeah, Sparkle sounds
> >like the graphics tools the analyst might be referring to.
> >
> >Here's another related article:
> >
> >Microsoft eyes Web services design tool
>
><http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/10/28/HNvisdesign_1.html?s=feature>htt
p://www.infoworld.com/article/03/10/28/HNvisdesign_1.html?s=feature
> >
> >I wonder if the Avalon XAML will use something like embedded VB.NET to do
> >what ActionScript does for Flash.
> >
> >-Kevin
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Larry C. Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 1:10 PM
> >Subject: Microsoft is developing a "Flash Killer"
> >
> > > Microsoft Hopes to Smother Flash with 'Sparkle'
> > >
> > > Redmond's readying a Macromedia "Flash killer" that could debut before
> > > Longhorn, according to sources.
> > >
> >
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1374753,00.asp>http://www.eweek.com/ar
ticle2/0,4149,1374753,00.asp
> > >
> > > Watch out, Macromedia. Here comes Microsoft "Sparkle."
> > >
> > > <http://www.atnewyork.com/news/article.php/3104381>According to press
> > > reports, Sparkle is an animation toolset that will likely emerge as
part
> >of
> > > the Longhorn wave of products/technologies. Some are describing
Sparkle as
> > > a Macromedia "Flash killer."
> > >
> > > Microsoft officials declined to comment on Sparkle. But here's what
> > > Microsoft Watch uncovered:
> > >
> > > Microsoft's graphics subsystem for Longhorn is code-named "Avalon."
Avalon
> > > is designed to take the place of the USER/GDI graphics application
> > > programming interfaces (APIs) that are part of the current Win32
> > > programming model.
> > >
> > > Developers can write to Avalon using XAML, the Microsoft-authored
> > > eXtensible Application Markup Language. But for now, the only way to
write
> > > XAML applications is to hand-code them.
> > >
> > > Sparkle is the tool that will automate XAML application development.
Said
> > > one source: Sparkle will let you create XAML and .Net applications."
> > >
> > > Another source said that Microsoft used Sparkle to develop the clock
that
> > > was part of the "Sidebar" that is part of the Longhorn Aero interface.
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Seems to me this is the second or third attempt by M$ to develop this.
> > >
> > > larry
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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