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Re:Michael Arrington argues silverlight is the future of the... by jey on Wednesday May 02, 2007 @04:09AM (#18647)
I'm no MSFT fanboy, but Silverlight does seem to be a real step up from Flash, which is the next closest thing out there. I agree that it's extremely premature for anyone to say something like "Silverlight will be the platform of choice for developers who build rich Internet applications", but it would not surprise me if Silverlight gains wide adoption (as long as it truly is as cross-platform as Microsoft claims).

Of course, it's possible that the APIs and development tools suck despite all the hoopla and good features. I haven't looked at the beta SDK.

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Re:Michael Arrington argues silverlight is the future of the... by create_account on Wednesday May 02, 2007 @09:29AM (#18685)
But will they open source it, like Adobe did with Flex?

Making it cross-platform (in the short term) is a great strategy, because then, if it gains acceptance, they can force you back on Windows in the long run (assuming it stays closed during that time span).

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