Posted by: Anonymous
[ip: 150.50.10.61]
on May 30, 2008 10:19 AM
Look it's easy for us Microsoft haters to say avoid Silverlight and Moonlight but when my mother visits a website and can't use it what am I supposed to say?
Microsoft has more than enough money to throw at the big corporations to get them to use Silverlight - already Major League Baseball and ITV (Major British Television network) are using it - two websites I use everyday. Frankly I don't give a crap about patents - I want to view what is on those sites!!
Now I'm sure that if I sent an email to the chairmen of those companies telling them Microsoft are as evil as can be and they shouldn't be talking their money and using their products they would just laugh at me - so what am I to do? I live in the real world.
Ideally when HTML5 comes along there will be no need for Flash or Silverlight but I severely doubt anything will change - Adobe and Microsoft have lots and lots of money to *COUGH* Encourage *COUGH* developers to use their technology. They are not going to go away.
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Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 150.50.10.61] on May 30, 2008 10:19 AMMicrosoft has more than enough money to throw at the big corporations to get them to use Silverlight - already Major League Baseball and ITV (Major British Television network) are using it - two websites I use everyday. Frankly I don't give a crap about patents - I want to view what is on those sites!!
Now I'm sure that if I sent an email to the chairmen of those companies telling them Microsoft are as evil as can be and they shouldn't be talking their money and using their products they would just laugh at me - so what am I to do? I live in the real world.
Ideally when HTML5 comes along there will be no need for Flash or Silverlight but I severely doubt anything will change - Adobe and Microsoft have lots and lots of money to *COUGH* Encourage *COUGH* developers to use their technology. They are not going to go away.
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