Here's my take : http://blog.codedread.com/archives/2005/12/06/the-svg-roller-coaster/
--- In [email protected], Ronan Oger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Francis, > > ASV is not the only solution for SVG on the IE platform. For example, there is > also the Corel SVG Viewer. The other SVG viewer vendors may also decide to > offer a plugin or activeX solution to fill any whole Adobe leaves behind. > > After all, when MS left that W3C SVG workgroup, did you notice? So what's > one more or less enterprise champion? After all, Adobe has provided nothing > tangible to the SVG desktop ommunity since Adobe 3.0 came out. Is that two or > three years ago? > > Finally, it is not reasonable to think that Adobe will leave the SVG market > considering that Adobe provides products for publishing SVG aimed at the > mobile platform. However, it may be worthwhile for SVG content providers to > analyse their Dependance on ASV and begin to make contingency plans around > the loss of ASV as a viewer solution. > > One thing consumers and SVG champions will need to keep in mind is that unlike > Adobe who provided ASV free in order to sell serverside tools, the SVG > browser solution vendors would most likely charge for their browser > implementation since this is their primary income vector. Take eSVG as an > example of things to come, I expect. > > Ronan > > On Wednesday 07 December 2005 04:15, Francis Hemsher wrote: > > Hi Domenico, > > I believe, unless IE7 picks up SVG and runs with it, we're all dead > > in the water, and should pick up our tents and move to another tribe. > > Francis > > > > -- > Ronan Oger > Director > RO IT Systems GmbH > ...Building Web2.0 with SVG since 2001 > > Direct: +41 76 527 3552 > Fax: +41 44 274 2402 > > http://www.roitsystems.com > > -- > Ronan Oger > Director > RO IT Systems GmbH > ...Building Web2.0 with SVG since 2001 > > http://www.roitsystems.com > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/KIlPFB/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/1U_rlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ---- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
