Comments on: Silverlight to run on linux! Oh wait that was last year. http://initApp.com/2008/03/04/silverlight-to-run-on-linux-oh-wait-that-was-last-year/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:03:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: P.J. Onori http://initApp.com/2008/03/04/silverlight-to-run-on-linux-oh-wait-that-was-last-year/#comment-12570 P.J. Onori Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:23:04 +0000 http://initApp.com/2008/03/04/silverlight-to-run-on-linux-oh-wait-that-was-last-year/#comment-12570 I completely agree. The frustrating thing is, I genuinely welcome competition on this front. As soon as Silverlight started being hyped, all sorts of cool features started coming out of the woodwork for Flash, Flex and Flash Player. I personally am just very skeptical that Microsoft is interested in honest competition... As you mentioned though, this may be all for naught. If Microsoft rushes this, it won't stand a chance against an embedded (pun intended) technology that has been around for years with a core development community. I completely agree. The frustrating thing is, I genuinely welcome competition on this front. As soon as Silverlight started being hyped, all sorts of cool features started coming out of the woodwork for Flash, Flex and Flash Player. I personally am just very skeptical that Microsoft is interested in honest competition…

As you mentioned though, this may be all for naught. If Microsoft rushes this, it won’t stand a chance against an embedded (pun intended) technology that has been around for years with a core development community.

]]> By: admin http://initApp.com/2008/03/04/silverlight-to-run-on-linux-oh-wait-that-was-last-year/#comment-12567 admin Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:48:14 +0000 http://initApp.com/2008/03/04/silverlight-to-run-on-linux-oh-wait-that-was-last-year/#comment-12567 Hey P.J. Agreed and it still may end up being a good product some day. I think the worst thing that can happen for Microsoft right now is if people actually install Silverlight. The rush to get it up to speed with features may lead to a bad user experience (bugs, sluggish performance) which can lead to resentment that can't be fixed. An example of this is for me is Realplayer, you couldn't pay me to install that thing. Steven Hey P.J.

Agreed and it still may end up being a good product some day. I think the worst thing that can happen for Microsoft right now is if people actually install Silverlight. The rush to get it up to speed with features may lead to a bad user experience (bugs, sluggish performance) which can lead to resentment that can’t be fixed. An example of this is for me is Realplayer, you couldn’t pay me to install that thing.

Steven

]]> By: P.J. Onori http://initApp.com/2008/03/04/silverlight-to-run-on-linux-oh-wait-that-was-last-year/#comment-12561 P.J. Onori Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:23:42 +0000 http://initApp.com/2008/03/04/silverlight-to-run-on-linux-oh-wait-that-was-last-year/#comment-12561 Really though, are we surprised? Silverlight <em>could</em> be a good product if it wasn't for the customary act of Microsoft tripping over its own 158,000 feet. Really though, are we surprised? Silverlight could be a good product if it wasn’t for the customary act of Microsoft tripping over its own 158,000 feet.

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