Microsoft wants to get rid of it but they CAN'T .. want and can't are two different annoyances we all are going to face (FUD dogma aside). As when you think about it, if Microsoft keep flag waving the vNext way of life and just go super quiet on SL as you know it, it sends this confusing message to the market where on one hand you're dealing with pre-existing crowd sourced skills but on the flipside you've gotta have another crack at the vnext way of life filled with the same promises you were given in the last guys war cry about change.
I once tweeted that the .NET community are like a beaten housewife, you're up to your 8th beating black eye and its probably time you confronted the giver of brusies and say "I aint gawna take your smacks no more" and clock em with a frying pan.. Somehow that analogy in my head went to 1960's Mississippi housewife standing up to her man mode.... Yes, it just happened. --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 1:52 PM, Stephen Price <step...@littlevoices.com>wrote: > Microsoft plan to remove Silverlight so that existing applications will > stop working. They won't replace it with anything similar. We'll have to > learn a totally new technology. Or take up help desk support jobs. > > Nah, we'll be fine. Silverlight will keep working. You can stop panicking > now. ;) > Whatever Silverlight looks like in the future, it's sure to be shiny and > better. Now, am I being sarcastic again or not? Time will tell. > > On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 10:50 AM, Greg Keogh <g...@mira.net> wrote: > >> Greg H, Scott,**** >> >> ** ** >> >> A bit more reading soon revealed that XBAP is not that popular and it has >> lots of hoops to jump through.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> The reason I asked about this was because a Borland C++ coding colleague >> knocked-up a WPF demo app with some Visifire charts and a few controls, >> then ran it in the browser. It looked quite nice and was easy to code so >> they got all exciting thinking this was the way to go. I had to sober them >> up and point out where their demo fits into the bigger picture. I have >> since created a Silverlight 4 replacement demo.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Hmmm ... so what is the future of Silverlight? We’ve got a fair >> investment in it.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Cheers,**** >> >> Greg**** >> >> ** ** >> > >
