--- In [email protected], David Dailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At 10:56 AM 5/9/2007, Jon Ferraoilo wrote: > > >Microsoft would be making a mistake if they support SVG via some > >transformation hack that converts SVG markup into underlying WPF markup. > > I agree, but the cool thing about Sam Ruby's demonstration* to me, is > that it sorta suggests that support for SVG by Microsoft would not be > too difficult to attain. > > Perhaps when they decide it is time to support SVG, they can just > flip a switch somewhere in their Silverlight plugin and the happy > bits will flow from the svigot (sp?). Maybe it's just that no one has > spoken the magic word yet. > > I'd guess, though, that it might take a while to get the graphics and > animation engines you mention up to snuff? Maybe IBM could lend them > one? It might be a fitting payback for back when Microsoft lent DOS > to IBM.
Did you say LENT?? From wikipedia: "In a sequence of events that would later inspire much folklore, Microsoft negotiated a license for QDOS from SCP in December 1980 for $25,000, then re-licensed QDOS to IBM. Microsoft then acquired all rights to QDOS for only $50,000 from SCP in July, 1981, shortly before the PC's release." > I'll bet Adobe might have some unused code sitting on a shelf > somewhere. Adobe is literally asphyxiating MS at the moment, or it's going to; do you really imagine they're in the mood for making presents of any sort? > > David** > > * A funner demonstration would be to do the inverse of what Sam is > doing: serialize a Silverlight doc, convert to SVG, then render using > the ASV plugin. The Silverlight would probably load a lot faster > then, making everyone happy. > > **Not to be taken seriously, please. I use an irony board to flatten > all my unknown tags. > ----- 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
