-Kevin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Kitta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 2:55 PM
Subject: Re: M$ "flash killer"
> I think it takes more than just putting M$ name on some product to make it
great and widely accepted especially in the developer community. I believe
that developers will ultimately gravitate towards product easier to use
rather than the one managers could be pushing for.
>
> TK
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Haggerty, Mike
> To: CF-Talk
> Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 3:46 PM
> Subject: RE: M$ "flash killer"
>
>
> Microsoft's decision to promote this technology is great because it
> shows real innovation and creative thinking.
>
> For what it is worth, I expect this product will fail to persuade
> developers to use it similar to the way Microsoft Music Producer and
> Microsoft Direct Animation did. But 'Sparkle' is such a better name
> than, say, 'Microsoft Vector Image Display' - it's nice to see the
> company making progress on naming their projects.
>
> M
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Samuel Neff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 3:14 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: RE: M$ "flash killer"
>
> It'll be 7-10 years before you can consider using this for any real
> application. It requires the avalon sub-system which means we're
> talking
> 2006, and will only work for longhorne users, which means a very limited
> user base for a long time (how many people still use windows 98?).
>
> Also, a lot can change in that timeframe. OSX is growing in popularity
> so
> MS might not even have so much of a monopoly and cross-platform support
> could be even more of an issue--which would negate any possibility of
> using
> avalon-specific technologies.
>
> However, I could see something to render XAML in Flash or an XSLT to
> convert
> XAML to LZX or whatever Royale will use.
>
> My $0.02.
>
> Sam
>
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