__/ [ Guy Fawkes ] on Saturday 05 May 2007 17:58 \__
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> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> schreef in bericht
> news:3312198.l8sgzVNRlf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> __/ [ Roy Schestowitz ] on Thursday 03 May 2007 22:39 \__
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>>> __/ [ Guy Fawkes ] on Thursday 03 May 2007 22:07 \__
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>>>> "The Ghost In The Machine" <ewill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> schreef in
>>>> bericht news:70upg4-v38.ln1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/faq.aspx
>>>>>
>>>>> What is Silverlight?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Silverlight = .NET applications running in a browser.
>>>>
>>>> Hmm....sounds familiar. Isn't there something similar called Java?
>>>> Eureka!
>>>
>>> Patent-encumbered junk. What's more, expect it to work much better in
>>> Win/IE while Microsoft 'extends' it every now and then. It's Windows
>>> applications (or applets) delivered as Web pages, which is worse than
>>> Microsoft's plan to integrate Office with the Internet.
>>
>> Addendum:
>>
>> Here's one which says it well.
>>
>>
http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-11406-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=33334&messageID=613757
>>
>> "Silverlight is about The Microsoft Web
>>
>> Silverlight is not about the World Wide Web. It's about The Microsoft Web.
>> It's about getting fools to rally around Microsoft. After all of this time
>> and experience with Microsoft, anybody with half a brain will be smart
>> enough to avoid doing that. The last thing you want to be is dependent on
>> Microsoft and set yourself up to be a DIRECT competitor with "Microsoft
>> Cloud Services" down the road. Dumb. Foolish. Stupid. Smart investors
>> won't
>> invest one dime in your company and might even short your stock.
>>
>> Remember, it's Microsoft's cloud. Microsoft is not investing in huge
>> datacenters all around the world for no reason. And, Microsoft will do
>> whatever it takes, including operating that new online services business
>> at
>> a huge loss, to starve off any smaller competitor that foolishly chose to
>> develop on the Silverlight platform. Microsoft sold $44 BILLION and
>> cleared
>> $18 BILLION profit last year. How many billions did you make last year?"
>>
>
> Don't worry. It'll never work. Silverlight is a stillborn baby.
>
> I'll curse any company that uses it.
What bother me (as well as many others) the most is Microsoft's ability to
create hype using the media and its stronghold on outlets such as C|Net.
Just look at Adobe's latest and greatest. Nowhere in sight when it comes to
hype...
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