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I'm not familiar with silverlight but if it's not cross platform (does it run on my Linux box) it's bound to loose. One of the advantages of building web applic
by cstejerean 19y ago
I'm not familiar with silverlight but if it's not cross platform (does it run on my Linux box) it's bound to loose. One of the advantages of building web applications is that people on any platform (pretty much) can run your application. Microsoft has been trying to maintain their Windows desktop monopoly by pushing technologies to write websites that only work with Windows/IE. Once again I don't know if SilverLight suffers from this but knowing Microsoft I would guess it does.
- jsjenkins168 19y agoMicrosoft has been untraditional in their ways with Silverlight by developing and openly promoting cross platform versions of it. I know there is an OSX version and I think a Linux version is in the works. They must realize that the only way they will gain acceptance amongst hackers is to convince them that Silverlight is not a traditional MSFT product. A few months ago they were kissing ass to Arrington and a few others trying leave positive impressions about the platform and convince everyone of its openness. But they may already be in trouble because AIR seems to have an edge in early adoption so far. Pownce is written in AIR for example. It'll be interesting to see how things play out. There is a huge need for certain features of Silverlight and AIR (like local file system access and a network API), but I dont know if those will be compelling enough to drive either of these to "critical mass".
- gb 19y agoThere is an open source version being built for Mono: http://www.mono-project.com/Moonlight http://www.mono-project.com/Moonlight