Fine, don't support an open standard and don't compete with existing established technologies. Put those developers on creating a better WINDOWS to keep people from migrating away from Windows.
What's moving people away from Windows is Vista RTM. Carl -----Original Message----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 6:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Silverlight? Heh. We know how that song goes: "If we support an open standard, rather than 'embracing and extending' (read, subverting the standard), we'll allow people to migrate away from Windows, and therefore lose money." On Dec 27, 2007 2:56 PM, Carl Houseman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Just what the world needs - a new VHS vs. Beta war. How many of these > crusades (challenging the estabilshed leader in web/Internet technology) > have been outright winners for MS since Internet Explorer? Will they ever > learn? > > The effort and investment would be better spent on moving the technology to > an open standard. > > Carl > > ________________________________ > From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 3:39 PM > > > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Silverlight? > > > > > > > > Well, I think that Flash is "evil". > > > > Silverlight actually can do some things that Flash can't and from a > development perspective is much easier to use. I'm certain that Flash can do > things that Silverlight can't. > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith > > MCSE/Exchange MVP > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > > > From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 2:31 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Silverlight? > > > > > Glad to have another attack vector integrated into your browser that does > the same thing as another well-established product? > > No thanks - I'll pass (for now). > > > > > On Dec 27, 2007 2:20 PM, Rod Trent < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > If you've messed with it at all from a development standpoint, you really > like it. If you've watched the news, there are a lot of sites already on > board with it. > > > > Personally, I'm glad to see something else besides Flash come out. Now, if > we could just rid ourselves of this PDF stuff. > > > > > > From: Barsodi.John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 1:21 PM > > > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Silverlight? > > > > > > > It's MickeySoft's version of Flash, they've been talking about it for a few > years now. It's just starting to be used, by MS. > > > > > > From: Steve Kelsay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 9:26 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Silverlight? > > > > > > WTH is Microsoft Silverlight, and why and I suddenly besieged by pop ups > wanting me to install it? > > > > Please, Mommy, make it go away! (G) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > ME2 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
