Look Microsoft, you can create useful dynamic web services without requiring Flash, I mean Silverlight Microsoft "invented" XMLHttpRequest for their Outlook We

Look Microsoft, you can create useful dynamic web services without requiring Flash, I mean Silverlight Microsoft "invented" XMLHttpRequest for their Outlook Web client. Bing Maps doesn't require Silverlight. Some people even prefer it over Google Maps. Given that Microsoft has been creating useful dynamic web services without Flash or Silverlight for some time, I don't they were particularly shocked by their ability to create this one.