Is Silverlight dead ?

I don't want to start a flame war however I have been talking to some fellow developers and they mentioned that Microsoft is preferring to support HTML5 over silverlight. I think this is speculation to say the least. Anyway, I don't get it, when Microsoft are about to release Windows phone7 which u

RE: Is Silverlight dead ?

Silverlight is not dead. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Richard Jones Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 9:15 PM To: ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com Subject: Is Silverlight dead ? I don't want to start a flame war however I have been talking to

RE: Is Silverlight dead ?

David, That's what I think as well, I'm getting into Silverlight for developing on the Windows Phone. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of David Kean Sent: Wednesday, 22 September 2010 2:37 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: Is Silver

Re: Is Silverlight dead ?

Microsoft is a very big company. Some people there prefer Silverlight, some prefer HTML5. There is no evidence that Silverlight is not being invested in going forward. On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Richard Jones wrote: > I don't want to start a flame war however I have been talking to some fel

RE: Is Silverlight dead ?

-and-WPF Nothing more than some people stirring up the honeypot. -Original Message- From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Craig van Nieuwkerk Sent: Wednesday, 22 September 2010 2:40 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Is Silverlight dead

Re: Is Silverlight dead ?

I think a lot of this has come about from a blog post by Scott Barnes.. It pretty much sums up what he has heard. The summary is: Windows Team are

Re: Is Silverlight dead ?

Oh, and from the Silverlight blog.. http://team.silverlight.net/announcement/the-future-of-silverlight/ It just covers the innovate/standardize cycle.. On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Eddie de Bear wrote: > I think a lot of this has come about from a blog post by Scott > Barnes

RE: Is Silverlight dead ?

before - http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2010/02/index.html)) Silverlight isn't going away. -Original Message- From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Richard Jones Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 9:48 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE:

Re: Is Silverlight dead ?

t; > Silverlight isn't going away. > > -Original Message- > From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On > Behalf Of Richard Jones > Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 9:48 PM > To: ozDotNet > Subject: RE: Is Silverlight dead ? > &g

RE: Is Silverlight dead ?

RE: David Kean. David, we've never meet so i'm guessing you're assuming either the worst or prefer character attacks vs answering the hard questions ;) like is WPF is Dead? given you have @microsoft.com how about we spend more energy in clarifying the remarks instead of ad hominem attacks? - that o

RE: Is Silverlight dead ?

September 2010 12:58 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Is Silverlight dead ? Oh, and from the Silverlight blog.. http://team.silverlight.net/announcement/the-future-of-silverlight/ It just covers the innovate/standardize cycle.. On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Eddie de Bear mailto:eddie.deb...@gmail.com

RE: Is Silverlight dead ?

[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Tiang Cheng Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 10:57 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: Is Silverlight dead ? Paul Stovell has a post about the future of silverlight, along with info on how updates will be handled with Microsoft. http://www.paulstovell.com

Re: Is Silverlight dead ?

gt; maintain Silverlight 2 behavior. > > > > From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] > On Behalf Of Tiang Cheng > Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 10:57 PM > > To: ozDotNet > Subject: RE: Is Silverlight dead ? > > > > Paul Stovel

RE: Is Silverlight dead ?

oncentrate on what we, DevDiv, does best; develop great platforms. -Original Message- From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Scott Barnes Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 10:56 PM To: ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com Subject: RE: Is Silverlight

Re: Is Silverlight dead ?

On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 5:12 PM, David Kean wrote: > Actually Scott, we have met. On many occasions. You might remember a little > Aussie activity that > your wife (and yourself) had a lot to do with on Saturdays in Redmond. > > I'll leave the discussions on future versions of products to the mar

RE: Is Silverlight dead ?

:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Scott Barnes Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 12:00 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Is Silverlight dead ? The quirks mode is only due to Silverlight 4 switching over to the CLR instead of the SLR, which also raises a point that you can bake your own version sele

RE: Is Silverlight dead ?

ember 2010 3:19 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Is Silverlight dead ? On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 5:12 PM, David Kean wrote: > Actually Scott, we have met. On many occasions. You might remember a > little Aussie activity that your wife (and yourself) had a lot to do with on > Saturdays in Red

Re: Is Silverlight dead ?

On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 6:50 PM, Ken Schaefer wrote: > Some people want to know whether it's worth investing in a platform - i.e. > will it have a foreseeable > future, or is it a dead end? Sure, but how do you rate such a thing? Based on requirements and context. Evangelists (both at Microsoft

Re: Is Silverlight dead ?

0 10:56 PM > To: ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com > Subject: RE: Is Silverlight dead ? > > RE: David Kean. > David, we've never meet so i'm guessing you're assuming either the worst or > prefer character attacks vs answering the hard questions ;) like is WPF is > Dead? given

Re: Is Silverlight dead ?

On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 7:30 PM, Scott Barnes wrote: > David with glasses? the one who falls asleep allot after 1x beer? > aren't you a tester or something? > > Anyway, I am more than happy to openly debate and discuss my opinions > / remarks but i think the attack posture you took was misguided a

RE: Is Silverlight dead ?

David with glasses? the one who falls asleep allot after 1x beer? aren't you a tester or something? Urrh, can this stuff be kept offlist please? -- Greg

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Sorry, will take it offline. Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 8:55 PM, Greg Keogh wrote: > David with glasses? the one who falls asleep allot after 1x beer? > aren't you a tester or something? > > Urrh, can this stuff be kept offlist please? -- Greg > >

RE: Is Silverlight dead ?

esday, September 22, 2010 12:22 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: Is Silverlight dead ? That's also not correct (SLR has always been a build of the CLR). Quirks mode was added so that we don't break applications built against previous versions when we make changes or fix bugs. An example of th

Re: Is Silverlight dead ?

>> Silverlight isn't going away. >> >> -Original Message- >> From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] >> On Behalf Of Richard Jones >> Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 9:48 PM >> To: ozDotNet >> Subject: RE: Is S