Seriously folks, can we honestly get past the whole "Flash Killer" hysteria. Silverlight and Flash will co-exist, this not a zero-sum game. To put it another way, think of this competitive situation as Pepsi vs Coke (both appear to be selling well and choice is a great thing?)
Some of the Adobe Evangelism squad probably need to get behind this thinking as I fear a lot of their reactive positioning has spilled over to the community and the below highlight seems to really come from Adobe community members mainly? *shrug* your call, your believe system :) On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 8:33 AM, Robert Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > 2. I asked the group, which I've not posted on for a very long time, but > have followed since the very 1st FLEX Beta, and is where I go to ask people > like Matt Chotin who was either with Macromedia and now Adobe the last time > I spoke about encouraging Adobe to support an OpenGL effort so that > SilverLight > doesn't try to squash Flash; I posted to hope for a response from him or > someone in his position about Scene7 and how it will effect Flex coding. > > Recent Activity > > - 55 > New > Members<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/members;_ylc=X3oDMTJnNXA4djBsBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEyMjg2MTY3BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTAwNzIwNwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2bWJycwRzdGltZQMxMjIwMzY5NjI0> > > Visit Your Group > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders;_ylc=X3oDMTJmZXVhNDc4BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEyMjg2MTY3BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTAwNzIwNwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzEyMjAzNjk2MjQ-> > Yahoo! Finance > > It's Now > Personal<http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=13oimjlj5/M=493064.12016257.12445664.8674578/D=groups/S=1705007207:NC/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1220376824/L=/B=B8AkBkLaX.M-/J=1220369624447229/A=4507179/R=0/SIG=12de4rskk/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=50284/*http://finance.yahoo.com/personal-finance> > > Guides, news, > > advice & more. > Special K Group > > on Yahoo! > Groups<http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=13pg2u8q7/M=493064.12016300.12445692.11323196/D=groups/S=1705007207:NC/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1220376824/L=/B=CMAkBkLaX.M-/J=1220369624447229/A=5170416/R=0/SIG=11b5gu1oe/*http://new.groups.yahoo.com/specialKgroup> > > Learn how others > > are losing pounds. > Real Food Group > > Share > recipes<http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=13o12n9ev/M=493064.12016243.13036160.8674578/D=groups/S=1705007207:NC/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1220376824/L=/B=CcAkBkLaX.M-/J=1220369624447229/A=5379224/R=0/SIG=11gatb1qb/*http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/hellmanns/> > > and favorite meals > > w/ Real Food lovers. > . > > > -- Regards, Scott Barnes Rich Client Platform Manager Microsoft. http://blogs.msdn.com/msmossyblog
