Re:Silverlight adoption hampered by economic crisis
by codeview on Thursday January 29, 2009 @04:21AM
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Looks like Microsofts's growth strategy for Silverlight is based on forced adoption by delivering exclusive content rather than features offered.
My workflow is as follows:
(1)If javascript cant => Use flash
(2)If flash cant => Use SilverLight.
Rarely(never) does it trickle down to step2. It is good to have a completion for Adobe flash, but unless Silverlight offers somethign really awesome that Flash doesn't, Microsoft shouldn't expect large scale organic adoption . Forced adoption by shelling cash on exclusive content is a different story and thats probably why they have to blame the low adoption rate on recession.
My workflow is as follows: (1)If javascript cant => Use flash (2)If flash cant => Use SilverLight.
Rarely(never) does it trickle down to step2. It is good to have a completion for Adobe flash, but unless Silverlight offers somethign really awesome that Flash doesn't, Microsoft shouldn't expect large scale organic adoption . Forced adoption by shelling cash on exclusive content is a different story and thats probably why they have to blame the low adoption rate on recession.