Microsoft Silverlight
Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next generation of Microsoft .NETbased media experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web.
My question is, will adoption occur like past products Microsoft has released? (Netscape to IE, Wordperfect to MS Office etc.) Only time will tell…
Tags: .Net, Adobe, Flash, Flex, Microsoft
May 8th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
No – because I think people have finally realized Microsoft can’t be trusted with anything “cross platform”. They will always do _something_ to steer people to _their_ platform.
May 8th, 2007 at 3:19 pm
Oh – btw, check this one out:
https://openjfx.dev.java.net/
I am more likely to trust Sun on this one.
May 10th, 2007 at 7:45 am
Silverlight on Linux?
http://www.mono-project.com/news/archive/2007/May-05.html
May 10th, 2007 at 7:49 am
Thanks Jorge, I was actually just going to post that link. Mono looks more promising than a java implementation.
May 11th, 2007 at 12:01 pm
Looks like Yahoo is already packaging it on Yahoo! Messenger:
http://on10.net/Blogs/larry/yahoo-messenger-on-wpf/
May 18th, 2007 at 1:09 pm
More developments:
Microsoft Launches Popfly: Mashup App Creator Built On Silverlight
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/18/microsoft-launches-popfly-mashup-app-creator-built-on-silverlight/