RE: [CFCDev] Xaml vs Mxml

[John Farrar]

Ka-ching… usually you see me on that side of the chat also. Not this time. When you compare Visual Studio with Flex Builder 2… eh, free distribution in both cases. Hmmm… seems like a major shift just saying it will be under 1K. They shipped CFReports free with CF and the report builder is also free. Your talking the old Macromedia… and certainly not giving Adobe credit here either.   Microsoft has a history of failed products… they leave them behind. Here’s a little marketing class for you. ( DIVERSIFICATION : don’t put all your eggs in one basket… I think Microsoft has heard of it before.) With those two details in mind… (and look how many attempts MS has made to best Google in the search engine war!) Bottom line is if you are right… the future of MS pivots on XAML… it will either be a success enough to keep them going, growing or gone. I remember windows 3.x and it’s crash ability… and Windows 95… heh. The market won’t bear anything less than super stable. It’s a different arena and they have to play against Flex.   I have one word of advice if XAML doesn’t hold it’s water against Flex. If someone leaves… rather (WHEN) someone leaves MS for Adobe to join the Flex team… avoid certain execs who hate google. Heh! I love it!   John Farrar   P.S. I am a windows user… but the Mac guys must be loving this thread!   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Hardy Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 3:14 PM To: CFCDev@cfczone.org Subject: Re: [CFCDev] Xaml vs Mxml   hmmm ... am not sure that's a realistic assessment of the situation.   Microsoft has invested an enormous amount of time and money on it's new platform which includes  the WPF (Avalon) Framework. This has to be a success for Microsoft and so a success it will be. Anyone who doubts this just needs to look at how Microsoft behaved when the xbox was launched.   With Flex 2 on the horizon and Microsofts entry still in Beta I don't think anyone could say which is technically the strongest. But if MM continues to charge high prices for software that MS gives away for free then the future doesn't look too bright The take-over of MM by Adobe is an interesting twist but Adobe's strength and focus is on the presentation tier. I'm not convinced that Coldfusion or Flex had a lot to do with Adobes purchase or what will happen when the inevitable shuffle takes place.   Cheers Pete (aka lad4bear)  }½Î ---------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email to cfcdev@cfczone.org with the words 'unsubscribe cfcdev' as the subject of the email. CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported by CFXHosting (www.cfxhosting.com). An archive of the CFCDev list is available at www.mail-archive.com/cfcdev@cfczone.org