DevConnections in Las Vegas this week, my old boss right now is no doubt headphones in, staring at Microsoft Word agonizing over which adjective to use in the 2nd paragraph meanwhile his boss is probably having a few pre-Scott Guthrie drinks with The Gu himself working out the finer reactive points to what is going to be said around commitment in the future of Silverlight.
Scott Gu will get up on stage, do his Windows Phone 7 or bust spiel, followed by a commitment speech that then rolls out a few partners here and there to illustrate success or give all a baseline "we're still in this for the long haul" (eBay app you - jose - guys wrote will no doubt make a strong appearance - if not, it should). The crowd will cheer, tech journos will respond with their thought piece or two, as well its news atm, so its got a heartbeat and you run with it. More blog posts / tweets will follow and then everything may or may not simmer down hopefully if nobody else says anything too stupid. After that you've got the added blessing of Christmas Break, so the slate can be wiped clean for a bit and the pressure will be off. Pretty soon you'll see this thing rear its ugly head around MIX2011, and again, there will be more questions than answers and probably will be a good time to rehash or dust off the "Silverlight is dead" speech again. Then you'll probably see the preview to windows phone 7 vNext (copy paste etc), followed by Silverlight 5 and where that bus is heading followed with a big mighty IF some hints about how WPF isn't dead with some commentary or two about how Pete Brown's recent blog post is still a reality and blah blah. Problem with all this is that its not a question of who's right or wrong, its a question of how well Microsoft can retain focus on Silverlight beyond a next release. How well it can put distance between it and HTML5 as this conversation is only just at the tip of beginning. Adobe have made strong plays with HTML5 being a tool ready company, Microsoft HAS to respond soon, so you'll see some talk about how Expression Blend / Visual Studio + ASP.NET etc is likely to play a role and so on... Loyalty to Microsoft is ok, but to assume everyone isn't doing their research isn't fair - the problem with it all is we have far to much conflicting data to do any accurate research and whilst I get internal emails with "I hate this guy" attached to it followed by some long thread about the futures of WPF/SL/HTML5 etc even then i find separating fact from fiction a struggle. I pitty any who have to do this via public means only as god help them. I told a team member early today "You guys in Las Vegas this week is like watching a solider being handed a rape whistle and told to march straight into the front lines of a heavily armored tank division... good luck, and i'll be thinking of you" :) On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Jose Fajardo <[email protected]> wrote: > > I personally am keeping quiet on the public front because > > 1. I'm smart enough to know that questionable people will try to spin > whatever I say into a HTML versus Silverlight argument. > 2. I know that MS will respond with more solid messaging that reaffirms > their commitment to Silverlight into the future. It's not going anywhere > > People have taken some of Bob Muglias statements and completely ignored > others. > > Journalists I can understand why they'd do it, to get sensationalist stories > and page clicks. > > BUT tech people whom I will not mention, who pride themselves as > knowledgeable people that do due diligence as part of their day jobs, why > they have skipped some of these quotes is beyond me. To come to "Silverlight > is dead" conclusions based on 1 or two choice quotes, poor form (especially > if you do the research)!! > > And to even think that a change in direction for Silverlight signifies it's > death, again its beyond me how you can conclude that. Companies all the time > re-jig there vision and mission as there companies mature. Silverlight is > maturing it’s a good thing! > > Microsoft's response will set the messaging straight, then you will get the > people that will either believe MS's message or not. Those that don't > believe are probably those that have never believed in the power of > Silverlight, and there's not much we can do about them. > > Me I continue to base my career on this technology and I am still 110% > confident on it being a dominant and rich technology for many, many years to > come! > > Note: This is the one and only email from me on this, don't expect me to > reply to anyone until MS comes out with their response! > > Jose Fajardo > > > Note: The information contained in this message and any attachment to it is > privileged, confidential and protected from disclosure. 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