Jeff Wright
> Silverlight is designed to compete with Flash.

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Silverlight

> XPS is designed to compete with Aodbe's PDF format.

> http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061015-7992.html
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML_Paper_Specification

> You have to marvel at the irony of someone who crows on and
> on about monopolies to cry about competition in dominant
> media formats.

It's going to come down to where the rubber meets the road.
Will people write software to read/write files for this on
other platforms?  Will support be timely, etc.?  This could
be interesting.

-- 
Take care  | This clown speaks for himself, his job doesn't
Wayne D.   | supply this, at least not directly
Recursive, adj. - see Recursive.


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