Reflecting on WPF/E
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| Conclusion:
|
| This is the real tough one. How can a product that is not even yet
| 1.0 compete with a product that has been around for 10 years -
| they'd have to prise Flash from the developers' cold dead hands
| on the most part. This is key when doing the inevitable and
| comparing it to Flash, just what is the hard sell that will make
| me use it over Flash right now - maybe nothing for a lot of
| people at least with v1.
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http://richardleggett.co.uk/blog/index.php/2006/12/21/reflecting_on_wpfe
Related:
Microsoft's 'Everywhere' Excludes Linux
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| Microsoft's Windows Presentation Foundation is aimed at making it
| easier for developers to create modern user interfaces for
| interactive applications whether they are Windows native or
| delivered through web browsers. The problem with browser-based
| interfaces is that not everyone uses Internet Explorer, let
| alone Windows itself. To this end, Microsoft has released
| 'Community Technology Previews' of a future product code-named
| WPF/E (Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere). This
| browser add-on enables rendering of WPF content, but
| "Everywhere" doesn't include Linux.
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http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/7794/53/
Microsoft Unveils Expression Studio Design Tools Suite, 'Flash Killer'
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| Microsoft has announced an integrated suite of tools for designers,
| as well as a new preview of the company's "Flash killer" technology
| putting Microsoft squarely into competition with Adobe.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20061204/tc_zd/195468
Where's Microsoft's 'Flash killer'?
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| Anyone out there still remember Windows Presentation Foundation
| Everywhere (WPF/e), Microsoft's so-called Flash killer?
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=98
Microsoft does not want us to use IE
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| Why else would the company release a new version of the browser with so
| many glaring and obvious incompatibilities with other browsers? Why else
| make it virtually impossible to visit any web site, without running
| against multiple warnings and blocks? Why else make it so difficult tot
| est existing and new versions of the browser, that you have to run a
| completely new OS image?
|
| Microsoft management must want people off of IE.
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http://burningbird.net/technology/trends/microsoft-does-not-want-us-to-use-ie/
PDF and XPS: When Acronyms Compete
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| Right now, Adobe is working with European regulators, according to
| published reports. Lawsuit is another option being considered by the
| San Jose, Calif.-based company.
|
| [...]
|
| XPS removal from Office 2007 would suggest that Microsoft feared
| Adobe could make at least a seemingly legitimate legal complaint.
| The brunt of lawsuits has been against Windows, not Office. Microsoft
| would want to keep Office out of the line of legal fire.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/business_applications/pdf_and_xps_when_acronyms_compete.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
http://tinyurl.com/yxpplw
Microsoft's PDF-killer heads towards standards body
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| There's no doubt about it: Adobe's Portable Document Format---better
| known as PDF---is a choice tool for digital document delivery. Some
| might say that it's the tool for delivering complex documents to wide
| array of users, as its design allows for faithful rendering on any
| platform that supports PDF---application issues, font problems,
| layout quirks, etc., need need not apply.
|
| Enter Microsoft...
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061015-7992.html
Windows Vista Product Guide: Free to Download, $149 to Read
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| 'Windows Vista Product Guide' was released in two formats:
|
| Microsoft Office Word 2007
| The standard .doc format isn't good enough, you need to be able to
| read a .docx file, so all those users of Office XP are just plain
| out of luck on
| this one.
|
| XPS
| What the heck is XPS? I hadn't heard of it before now, (a quick
| Google tells me XPS is Microsoft's proprietary rival to PDF)
| but apparently you need a special reader for it (which is
| kindly enough built into Vista, but nothing else).
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http://itsvista.com/2006/12/windows-vista-product-guide-free-to-download-149-to-read/
Adobe could still sue Microsoft: paper
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| Microsoft's new Vista software, due to be released early next
| year, contains a version of fixed document formats which would
| compete with Adobe's PDF format. Microsoft has pledged to make
| changes to its version.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061118/tc_nm/adobe_microsoft_dc
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