Comments on: Microsoft Silverlight http://avi.alkalay.net/2007/06/microsoft-silverlight.html Digital Awareness and Flying Spirit Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:24:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: mark http://avi.alkalay.net/2007/06/microsoft-silverlight.html#comment-103765 mark Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:29:22 +0000 http://avi.alkalay.net/2007/06/microsoft-silverlight.html#comment-103765 Wc3 sucks! MS rules! Linux is good too! Avi, you dont like ANYTHING MS, do you? anyways, I came here looking for silverlight.avi so I can use it for my Dreamscene moving wallpaper in Vista Ultimate (pirated) funny huh? lol Wc3 sucks!

MS rules! Linux is good too!

Avi, you dont like ANYTHING MS, do you?

anyways, I came here looking for silverlight.avi so I can use it for my Dreamscene moving wallpaper in Vista Ultimate (pirated)
funny huh?
lol

]]> By: ODF versus CDF :: Avi Alkalay http://avi.alkalay.net/2007/06/microsoft-silverlight.html#comment-95877 ODF versus CDF :: Avi Alkalay Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:14:52 +0000 http://avi.alkalay.net/2007/06/microsoft-silverlight.html#comment-95877 [...] yes, use CDF to make great standards-oriented web pages, instead of proprietary Flash or Silverlight. But to say that CDF can be a universal format for office applications and documents is to [...] [...] yes, use CDF to make great standards-oriented web pages, instead of proprietary Flash or Silverlight. But to say that CDF can be a universal format for office applications and documents is to [...]

]]> By: gus3 http://avi.alkalay.net/2007/06/microsoft-silverlight.html#comment-49977 gus3 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:33:01 +0000 http://avi.alkalay.net/2007/06/microsoft-silverlight.html#comment-49977 Silverlight, a whole new Windows <strike>technology</strike> DDOS attack vector! Seriously, who can trust anything from Microsoft that implements both executable content and data access? With their track record, it will be just one more means to amass an army of zombie systems. Silverlight, a whole new Windows technology DDOS attack vector!

Seriously, who can trust anything from Microsoft that implements both executable content and data access? With their track record, it will be just one more means to amass an army of zombie systems.

]]> By: Avi http://avi.alkalay.net/2007/06/microsoft-silverlight.html#comment-48275 Avi Thu, 21 Jun 2007 22:59:17 +0000 http://avi.alkalay.net/2007/06/microsoft-silverlight.html#comment-48275 Roberto, really !? I think you may be correct. You know, Flash seems to be so ubiquitous that it looks like installed by default on Windows. Roberto, really !?

I think you may be correct.

You know, Flash seems to be so ubiquitous that it looks like installed by default on Windows.

]]> By: R Teixeira http://avi.alkalay.net/2007/06/microsoft-silverlight.html#comment-48273 R Teixeira Thu, 21 Jun 2007 22:48:31 +0000 http://avi.alkalay.net/2007/06/microsoft-silverlight.html#comment-48273 Also, I really don't think Flash is included with Windows nowadays -- don't even think it even was. Flash is automatically installed by the browser when you need it for the first time. Also, I really don’t think Flash is included with Windows nowadays — don’t even think it even was. Flash is automatically installed by the browser when you need it for the first time.

]]> By: Roberto Teixeira http://avi.alkalay.net/2007/06/microsoft-silverlight.html#comment-48134 Roberto Teixeira Thu, 21 Jun 2007 13:26:24 +0000 http://avi.alkalay.net/2007/06/microsoft-silverlight.html#comment-48134 It bothers me that yet another non-standard standard is created. It bothers the most because since it is created by Microsoft, you can bet it will quickly become widespread, which is bad if you use a non-Microsoft platform, like me -- most of the time, anyway. As for Linux itself, looks like O So Evil* <a href="http://www.novell.com" rel="nofollow">Novell</a> worked <a href="http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2007/Jun-21.html" rel="nofollow">extra hard to port Silverlight</a> to <a href="http://www.mono-project.com" rel="nofollow">Mono</a>. Novell seems to really be into Mono. A friend of mine inside Novell told me they're looking into hiring more Mono developers all around the world. At least you can expect Linux to support Silverlight -- or Moonlight as the port is called -- at least for the time being. Hopefully the infamous Novell-Microsoft deal will result in Mono having an easier time catching up with .Net everytime Microsoft releases something new. * I don't consider Novell evil personally. First because I don't think the concepts of good and evil can really be applied to corporations and second because I think the deal is mostly business as usual and is likely to be beneficial to both parties. It bothers me that yet another non-standard standard is created. It bothers the most because since it is created by Microsoft, you can bet it will quickly become widespread, which is bad if you use a non-Microsoft platform, like me — most of the time, anyway.

As for Linux itself, looks like O So Evil* Novell worked extra hard to port Silverlight to Mono. Novell seems to really be into Mono. A friend of mine inside Novell told me they’re looking into hiring more Mono developers all around the world.

At least you can expect Linux to support Silverlight — or Moonlight as the port is called — at least for the time being. Hopefully the infamous Novell-Microsoft deal will result in Mono having an easier time catching up with .Net everytime Microsoft releases something new.

* I don’t consider Novell evil personally. First because I don’t think the concepts of good and evil can really be applied to corporations and second because I think the deal is mostly business as usual and is likely to be beneficial to both parties.

]]> By: Avi http://avi.alkalay.net/2007/06/microsoft-silverlight.html#comment-46794 Avi Mon, 18 Jun 2007 19:03:13 +0000 http://avi.alkalay.net/2007/06/microsoft-silverlight.html#comment-46794 Kevin, good point. Althought I am a big fan of SVG, it is not as mature as Flash in terms of browser support. And the scope of Flash is wider than SVG. SVG does not support video or media in general. Flash is evil technology for me, but it is overused by developers because people seems to like it very much. From the Linux perspective, if we need something like this, let it be the most widely supported. Kevin, good point.

Althought I am a big fan of SVG, it is not as mature as Flash in terms of browser support.

And the scope of Flash is wider than SVG. SVG does not support video or media in general.

Flash is evil technology for me, but it is overused by developers because people seems to like it very much. From the Linux perspective, if we need something like this, let it be the most widely supported.

]]> By: Kevin Kofler http://avi.alkalay.net/2007/06/microsoft-silverlight.html#comment-46783 Kevin Kofler Mon, 18 Jun 2007 18:16:39 +0000 http://avi.alkalay.net/2007/06/microsoft-silverlight.html#comment-46783 Flash, JavaFX, bah, why don't you recommend the <b>real</b> open standard for this purpose, the one recommended by the W3C, and perfectly readable and writable with Free Software: SVG! Flash, JavaFX, bah, why don’t you recommend the real open standard for this purpose, the one recommended by the W3C, and perfectly readable and writable with Free Software: SVG!

]]> By: Avi http://avi.alkalay.net/2007/06/microsoft-silverlight.html#comment-46775 Avi Mon, 18 Jun 2007 17:54:01 +0000 http://avi.alkalay.net/2007/06/microsoft-silverlight.html#comment-46775 Joe, I mean Microsoft would remove Flash from its distribution CD. So if you go today to a store, buy a box of Windows CD, Flash is there and gets installed by default. As Real player and Java was in the past. Joe, I mean Microsoft would remove Flash from its distribution CD.

So if you go today to a store, buy a box of Windows CD, Flash is there and gets installed by default. As Real player and Java was in the past.

]]> By: Joe Buck http://avi.alkalay.net/2007/06/microsoft-silverlight.html#comment-46773 Joe Buck Mon, 18 Jun 2007 17:49:53 +0000 http://avi.alkalay.net/2007/06/microsoft-silverlight.html#comment-46773 Microsoft does not control "default Windows installations", because people don't buy computers from Microsoft. They buy them from Dell, HP, Lenovo, or some smaller vendor. Microsoft can't make the vendors take Flash out, and the vendors have no incentive to ship a less useful machine. Microsoft does not control “default Windows installations”, because people don’t buy computers from Microsoft. They buy them from Dell, HP, Lenovo, or some smaller vendor. Microsoft can’t make the vendors take Flash out, and the vendors have no incentive to ship a less useful machine.

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