Exactly (even if the term 'FUD' has become a little diluted). Jon attacked Robert's comments on Microsoft's past as irrelevant to the discussion of the technology, but they certainly are relevant. Even if "almost every software company is guilty of that in some manner or another", Microsoft is in a unique position, given its market penetration, to be much more guilty of this than anyone else. As someone picking a technology for an important project, it would be foolish to ignore this (not that this should control the decision, but it should be considered as a factor).
-----Original Message----- From: Tom Chiverton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Adobe People, Save me from Silverlight! (Microsoft's Legal Record) Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:27:35 +0000 On Wednesday 13 Feb 2008, Jon Bradley wrote: > whatever. If the technology is good, clients demand it and it makes > money, I use it. What worries me is that when MS technology *isn't* good, clients still demand it because MS has FUD'ed them to death.