Greg and Greg : +100 to your sentiments. David Kean : does this answer your question?
On 12 February 2014 16:54, Greg Harris <g...@harrisconsultinggroup.com>wrote: > I do not think this was directed at me but here goes... > > > Start rant > > > @#$%^ing Microsoft has #$%^&ed me and the community on Silverlight, I > spent a few years 100% focused on Silverlight at a significant cost in time > and money, all now just wasted! > > > Today, I have a client that would 100% fit a Silverlight solution for > their line of business (LOB) application, but they are not willing to take > on Silverlight because of Microsoft's end of life perspective on the tool. > > > I would agree that it may not be the right cross platform tool for all > mobile devices, but I see no reason why MS cannot make a commitment to > future releases and ongoing support on Windows, Mac, Windows Phone and > Android. > > > I would not do the next version of Angry Birds with Silverlight, but I > would do most LOB apps with Silverlight. > > > Microsoft, you have made me angry, you have made my client's angry, you > have lost credibility, I do not trust you! Probably more fool me for ever > trusting you! > > > Microsoft, you could start to gain some credibility back by restoring > Silverlight to its rightful place as the tool of choice for client side > development in LOB apps with a commitment to maintain and support it for 20 > years into the future. > > > End rant > > > Regards > > Greg Harris > > > On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 5:48 PM, Greg Keogh <g...@mira.net> wrote: > >> Greg? Where are you? >>> This is your cue. >>> >> >> Ah! What! I'm awake ... I saw Silverlight mentioned as dead and >> abandoned. Guess what I've been doing all day today .. expanding a large >> Silverlight 5 app. We have no alternative, we've spent years developing the >> app and it's in use by some gigantic companies internationally. >> >> What the hell else can we do? Seriously! Discussion here last year >> pointed out that HTML5 is the only alternative to delivering rich apps on >> the browser desktop, but it groans under stress and I was warned that it >> just can't show attractive interactive charts of the type available with >> the ComponentOne SL libraries. >> >> Also, I have subscribed to MSDN Magazine (MSJ as it was) since 1993 and I >> agree that it is generally uninteresting these days because it's mostly >> about JavaScript, Stores, Azure, Windows RT and Windows 8 (the latest >> groovy stuff you're talking about). I find I flip through new issues and >> chuck them aside. I like academic articles, but Petzold's and McCaffrey's >> articles are so abstract they're in the twilight zone. >> >> My day to day development experience is consistently as infuriating and >> unpredictable as ever. Projects won't build, IIS goes haywire with code >> 500s, versions clash, dependencies are all over the shop, kits don't work, >> samples are simplistic, designers crash, I'm coding XAML UIs by hand, I >> have to learn WiX, I have to run VS2013 and VS2012 side by side due to COM >> problems, my VS2013 is diseased, and so on. I get up in the morning and the >> things that worked the night before are all on the fritz. Sometimes I miss >> punch cards. >> >> However, I don't want to fuel the jovial atmosphere of impending doom >> that pervades this forum ;-) >> >> Greg >> > >
