Barry, I think you're overestimating Adobe's foresight here. It's clear Adobe have no love for Microsoft at all, and given this they'll push harder for folks to adopt a Mac/Linux focused solution, and due to this, they'll optimise more so in this direction. They furthermore need to highlight there is an exodus on both Mac/Linux into justifying their "Open Screen Project" has merit.
The reality? Windows still has majority market share, and we're not seeing movement away from this so far with Adobe AIR like solutions. Some .NET customers have tried and it brushed it aside for a whole host of reasons, namely they themselves have outlined that Linux/Mac market isn't as large as they first thought or lead to believe. Given the economy today, they're more inclined to bet on the majority first and focus on the minority second, once they retain some ROI. Reality vs. Perception arguments apply here. ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Barry Beattie [[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, 31 December 2008 11:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: SL in Offline World > Having said that, given MS is supporting Silverlight on MAC they may support > Live Mesh at some point which would allow you to host Silverlight apps on a > MAC desktop within some kind of sand box. to be honest, there's no choice there. if you want reach, then that means all that comes with it - not just web delivered, but catering for everybody - mobile clients included. It's a fact that my boss is slow to understand. He's hoping to leverage our DynamicsCRM system on to our customers. you can't dictate platforms to customers. it really annoys me when my bank tries it on me, esp when it's unnecessary. I put it to you though, that if Adobe has found value in pushing both Flex (Flash player and FlexBuilder IDE) and AIR onto the Linux platform, then there's value to be had... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- List address: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] List FAQ: http://www.codify.com/lists/ozsilverlight Other lists you might want to join: http://www.codify.com/lists -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- List address: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] List FAQ: http://www.codify.com/lists/ozsilverlight Other lists you might want to join: http://www.codify.com/lists
