This is the Microsoft MO and has been for years. They have never innovated anything in the history of their existence. Well, Microsoft Bob maybe, hah.
Wait for someone else to succeed in doing it right, copy them and use monopolistic business practices to crush them. There are a million examples but you already know them all. Things are changing however, Microsoft's, wait, bait, obliterate, strategy plan is losing legs against companies like Google. Mostly because the world consumers are being less dependent on the operating system and more dependent on the services the internet provides as a platform. But even there Microsoft is trying their damndest to clone everything that Google and the likes are doing. -Marc Maiffret Freelance Security Consultant http://www.marcmaiffret.com From: Carl Houseman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 2:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Silverlight? 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> ~
