Silverlight is a me-too product coming 10 years after its predecessor - Flash/Flex/etc. - based on a triple belief: - 95% use Windows, and will increase, - 95% use Internet Explorer, and will increase, - HTML will never catch up with proprietary software for RIA
All these three beliefs came out wrong. And a fourth event came in : smartphones and tablets. I agree with Rick: if ever m$ had a strategy during the past 10 years, it went out all wrong. Thierry Nivelet +33 6 08 82 44 63 Le 12 juin 2011 à 19:24, "Rick Schummer" <[email protected]> a écrit : >>> Well, I think Javascript can't be thought of as a mere scripting language >>> any more, in fact the way Microsoft are > going you might see > HTMl5 and Javascript being brought forward and Silverlight etc quietly > getting shoved aside.<< > > The Microsoft message on HTML5/Javascript vs. Silverlight is more confusing > than anything I have seen come out of > Microsoft's Developer Division in the last decade. I also believe this is > purposely being done as well, and not a right > hand not knowing what the left hand is doing. What Microsoft does not get > though is this approach is driving developers > away. Without developers their platforms are doomed. > > Most people understand the key is to learn from mistakes. Unfortunately, > Microsoft seems to be focused on repeating > them. > > Rick > White Light Computing, Inc. > > www.whitelightcomputing.com > www.swfox.net > www.rickschummer.com > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ 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.
