On Tuesday, December 11, 2007 10:10 AM Ted Roche wrote: >Isn't Silverlight and Flash just an attempt to put the internet genie back in the bottle, by developing "rich internet >apps" (RIAs) in a proprietary language with proprietary development tools and encumbered runtimes, rather than open- >standards-development? I'll agree that HTML/CSS/JavaScript/XML is anything but an ideal development environment, but isn't >Flash/Silverlight just an attempt to rehash VB/VFP's ActiveDocuments?
>Bonus question: Compare and contrast Silverlight to Java for extra credit. You forgot a buzzword: AJAX 8-) David L. Crooks _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
