In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:24:07 +0000
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> Reminder: Microsoft to push Silverlight to business users this week
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> | There are still two more weeks until Microsoft pushes its latest Internet
> | Explorer 7 update to corporate users via its Windows Server Update Services
> | (WSUS) patch mechanism.
> |
> | But this week ? specifically on January 22 ? Microsoft will make its
> | Adobe-Flash-alternative Silverlight available via WSUS, as well as via
> | Microsoft Update (MU). In order to have Silverlight 1.0 pushed to users,
> | admins will need to select it; it will be an optional, not automatic,
> | download.
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> http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1123
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> Can Mozilla and Opera push their browser via automatic as well? What about
> Adobe and Flash? More monopoly abuse...
Nonono...user delivery convenience. Think positive, Roy. :-)
Of course one does have to ask some very pointed questions
as to who benefits most from Silverlight...and the answer
is quite obvious.
The far more troubling question might be what to do about it.
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>
> Related:
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> Popfly for Silverlight: a beta glimpse.
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> | Linux Left Out
> |
> | The animations are equal to those of Flash in terms of quality. However,
> | Popfly does have one flaw, which is no Linux support. Novell Inc. is
> | developing a Linux version of Silverlight called "Moonlight." Whether
> | Microsoft likes it or not, Linux is here to stay and is a growing force on
> | the desktop thanks to universal-audience distributions such as Ubuntu.
> | Popfly could help Silverlight garner new users quickly, but the platform
> | still has a long way to go. After all, Silverlight is a first-generation
> | platform, whereas Flash has had eight additional software generations to
> | achieve its market penetration.
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> http://reddevnews.com/news/devnews/article.aspx?editorialsid=930
>
Except that Microsoft could probably just buy Adobe
outright, with its resources.
(One might ask whether the FTC would allow such.)
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> First Look: The Popfly Development Environment
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> | However, the Silverlight platform -- and Popfly -- does have one flaw,
> | which is no Linux support. Even Adobe releases its current builds of
> | the Flash runtime to Linux users. Whether Microsoft likes it or not,
> | Linux is here to stay and is a growing force on the desktop thanks
> | to universal-audience distributions such as Ubuntu.
Until the patent lawyers get involved, perhaps.
> |
> | Popfly is a shot in the arm for Silverlight for the purpose of gaining new
> | users quickly, but the platform still has a long way to go. After all,
> | Silverlight is a first-generation platform, whereas Flash has had eight
> | additional software generations to achieve its market penetration.
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> http://campustechnology.com/articles/56377/
And Flash still doesn't work perfectly, though it's hard to
tell whether that's Adobe's coding, or the .SWF files.
(For its part gnash, GNU's answer to Adobe's plugin, has a long
way to go.)
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>
> Microsoft's Silverlight Promises to Disrupt Linux Web Users
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> | Just as it seemed that Linux users (especially 64-bit users) would
> | finally be able to enjoy streaming content with a minimum of
> | hassle, Microsoft's new Silverlight software promises to throw a
> | wrench in the works. Because of sites like Google Video and
> | Youtube, Flash video has become a common means of streaming
> | multimedia over the Internet.
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> http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry1418.html
>
We'll see if Microsoft Live! will make a dent in that. Or
is it Microsoft Live Video?
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> Microsoft's 'Everywhere' excludes Linux
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> | 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/
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>
> ECIS Accuses Microsoft of Plotting HTML Hijack
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> | An industry coalition that has represented competitors of Microsoft
> | in European markets before the European Commission stepped up its
> | public relations offensive this morning, this time accusing
> | Microsoft of scheming to upset HTML's place in the fabric of
> | the Internet with XAML, an XML-based layout lexicon for
> | network applications.
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>
> http://www.betanews.com/article/ECIS_Accuses_Microsoft_of_Plotting_HTML_Hijack/1169824569
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