I think it's at this stage that I will unsubscribe from this list and give up on Silverlight for the moment as "irrelivant", perhaps checking back later.
I was hoping SL would be able to produce worthwhile interfaces to the clunky rubbish found in products like Dynamics CRM but I just can't see the buy-in from that division to do much with SL and those products. Bye all. Have fun. Barry Beattie On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 9:05 AM, Chris Anderson <[email protected]>wrote: > It's amusing to see how many times Steve Balmer name dropped 'Silverlight' > in his post :). Backpedalling ahoy! > > My concern from the beginning has specifically been with the phrase “Our > Silverlight strategy and focus going forward has shifted". Bob says that's > not a negative statement in his post, but I disagree. Microsoft "shifted" > their strategy away from Windows Mobile, and look what happened with it - > practically nothing for years. After Microsoft released IE6 their strategy > "shifted" - again work on that product halted for years. It wasn't like > either of them were perfect, and couldn't have done with more work! > > It was easier to brush off Scott Barnes' tweets as those of an ex-softie > that *might not* have the current full picture and strategic insight of > Microsoft, but harder when the controversy stems from the current president > of the Server and Tools division. You could say that it was simply a bad > choice of words, but added to Scott Barnes' tips starts painting a bad > picture for Silverlight's future. Stating that their strategy has shifted > sends the wrong message to CTOs, and creates the PR nightmare we are all > faced with now. > > Personally, I still have faith in Silverlight and its potential (both > current and future), and evidence showed that Microsoft shares it too > (LightSwitch, Windows Phone 7, etc). I just hope that Microsoft continues > to see that potential through before chucking it on the backburner, and > doesn't abuse that faith. Currently they have a rather demoralised > community, and it's going to take a lot to prop it back up. Because those > of us promoting Silverlight will have a lot more work to do to now promoting > the platform. > > If one good thing comes from this controversy, it is that the community has > spoken, and it will *not* be happy with a shift in strategy. Maybe, just > maybe, that will impact positively internally at Microsoft. > > Chris > > > > On 2 November 2010 07:19, Winston Pang <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Man do you ever sleep? Haha you seem to operate in US time. >> >> Bobs post seems to be getting some interesting replies... >> >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On 02/11/2010, at 5:28 AM, Jose Fajardo <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Here's Microsoft's official statements >> >> >> Bob Muglia has posted extensively on the Silverlight Team Blog: >> <http://team.silverlight.net/>http://team.silverlight.net >> >> >> Steve Ballmer has also commented on his PDC blog: >> <http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2010/nov10/11-01Statement.mspx> >> http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2010/nov10/11-01Statement.mspx >> >> >> >> .... either believe them or not completely up to you guys! >> >> >> Note: The information contained in this message and any attachment to it >> is privileged, confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of >> this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent >> responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are >> hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this >> communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this >> communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by replying to >> the message, and please delete it from your system. Thank you. Cynergy >> Systems. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ozsilverlight mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozsilverlight >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ozsilverlight mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozsilverlight >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > ozsilverlight mailing list > [email protected] > http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozsilverlight > >
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