I guess I'm the agressive one. I've seen other products where former
practictioners of product A have moved to rival company B and return to their
former haunts to help out company A's customers with their insight.
You would have to be naive to consider that the product manager for
WPF/Silverlight is only interested in answering technical questions when the
future of his technology depends on dragging Flex developers screaming and
shouting towards his product set.
I'm sure Scott is a great guy, but while he has that big desk at Microsoft, his
life has to be oriented towards pushing his technology, however subtly he
choses to do it. I don't think this is particularly subtle, even if others see
no harm in it.
If some flex user has some issues with silverlight integration and someone who
knows about it chips in great. When that's the product manager for a competing
product, well I'm not so happy. I've seen it done before.
Paul
----- Original Message -----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 1:20 PM
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] The different between generial Flex 3 and Flex 3
Profesional?
Wow!
I'm amazed to see the meandering (and aggressiveness of some folks) within
this thread....
Paul - Scott offered a simple straight forward answer to a question (i.e. a
informational and meaningful post). So....because someone works for Microsoft
you choose to lambast their writings and viewpoints? Damn, that's down right
silly...
From: Paul Andrews
Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 7:06 AM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] The different between generial Flex 3 and Flex 3
Profesional?
Microsoft could always avoid mistakes by licencing Flash and Flex technology
from Adobe.. ;-)
Scott, I won't beat the drum, since I'm probably alone in thinking this: It's
difficullt to see posts by a Microsoft Product Manager as being intended to
help the flex community. Silverlite and whatever else people may choose to use
- fine, but effectively promoting product while 'informing' the flex community,
I find problematic.
At least put your full title on your posts - don't be shy about being the
WPF/Silverlight Product Manager.
I know that you have stated that you are no longer a product Evangelist. I
think the only thing that has happened is that the evangelising has become more
subtle.
Ironically, as a Flex developer I have a feeling I'm about to get beat up for
this post.
Paul
(I'd also add that if I were sitting on a Microsoft forum (shudder), I'd feel
equally peeved if Adobe bods were sticking their nose in there)
----- Original Message -----
From: Scott Barnes
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 8:18 PM
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] The different between generial Flex 3 and Flex 3
Profesional?
heh, that would be an assumption. I use this forum to see what the average
joe is having trouble with so that I can ensure we don't repeat the same
mistakes, think of this as a great ear to the grown forum. I gave up my Flex
days in 2007 ...
Anyway.. just setting the record straght around some misconceptions around
our products, do what you will with that.
On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 9:11 AM, Paul Andrews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm always nice and MS marketing never sleeps.
It's good to see that even Microsoft management are coding in Flex these
days.. ;-)
Have a good weekend.
Paul
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From: "Troy Gilbert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <flexcoders@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 4:36 PM
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] The different between generial Flex 3 and Flex
3
Profesional?
>> Just for a moment I thought this was the flex coders forum rather than
an
>> extension of the MS marketing effort..
>
> Okay, be nice, it's on-topic... the thread had lead to a question of
> whether it was possible to develop in Silverlight for free (in the
> same way its possible to develop in Flex for free). Scott was able to
> provide an authoritative answer on that, which is good, because it was
> suggested that it was not an option and that one would have to
> purchase Expression. I think the "marketing effort" in Scott's e-mail
> was little to non-existent.
>
> Troy.
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