Silverlight is very very slick and a serious competitor to flex/flash. And not surprisingly you do it all in the one IDE - visual studio. So instaed of cf, java, Actionscript and flexbuilder its all the one language one ide.
All this stuff hopefully keeps everybody on their toes moving forward, flash has had the space to itslef for too long. With Mono and Grasshopper etc .Net is really going to get a wider user base. It is fantastic framework. Still like my CF/CFStudio though, hard to shake, since I've been using since v3 Elliot On May 26, 12:22 am, "Barry Beattie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > you think microsoft is going to acquire adobe? > > not a snow-flake's chance in hell. MS miss the opportunity to by MACR, > that would have made more sence. MS has their own plans with > Expressions, SilverLight, WPF, Onetouch deployment, etc. > > > it's not about licensing, why can't they say to people "we are working on > > ajax integration, this is what we are doing, this is how long we think it > > will take till launch, we are also working on this and bringing this to our > > customers, so stay with us as our customers and when this is launched you'll > > get it" > > actually, I do get it (I think) - sneek up on the competition from > behind. See my point below about Microsoft. > > > now sure they will cancel certain idea's they have but nothing wrong with > > telling people a % of the probability of the features being released in the > > end. > > ahhh.. the importance of both community and easy-to-get-into beta > programs. I couldn't say for sure but it'd probably be feasable to > make "quiet" mentions unofficially to the boss how XYZ feature was > going for, say, CF8. > > in fact, it would be in the bosses best interest to encourage > employees to take an active role in such beta programs. At the very > least, be ready for an upgrade when it's all official, beat the > competition, etc. > > Actually, I'm a bit surprised how much info is out on the public > domain on CF8 features. I could be wrong but it seems moreso than > previous CF releases. > > And I personally think Tim Buntel and team are doing a great job the > way they're handeling this - well balanced between secrets and > disclosure although It's not exactly viral marketing (and it is still > only preaching to the troops, but it's still early days, yes?) > > > Keeping it from the customer is in my opinion annoying the customer > > it's not a movie, I don't mind someone telling me how it ends lol > > I was talking to a Microsoft guy last year and he was going on about > how the Adobe+Macromedia deal - and Flash - were the "800 pound > gorilla" as far as MS was concerned, with a bit of "panic" in his > voice. What a crock! How long has SilverLight been in gestation? I was > a bit sceptical then but obviously not enough. This SilverLight stuff > really caught me unaware. I really didn't think WEF/e was ever gonna > surface - at least not this soon - and didn't count on the Mono people > wanting to buy in - I just wrote it off as vapourware, etc. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
