Several months ago, Microsoft inserted themselves into the RIA framework business – years too late and against pretty scary odds – with the initial release of the Silverlight framework. Microsoft Silverlight is the online counterpart to the Microsoft .NET 3.0 Framework and a direct Adobe Flash/Flex competitor.
Microsoft isn’t new to the whole “virtual” monopoly [...]
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Microsoft to Push Silverlight via Redesigned Website
Published by January 3rd, 2008 in Microsoft, Programming, Software, Windows 96 CommentsMicrosoft promised Silverlight would be a cross-platform RIA framework. They said it would by a “Flash-Killer.” Some people believed them. We’d like to, but it seems we’re not being given the chance here.
Microsoft just launched Popfly. It’s the new Web 2.0 kid on the block, and it’s supposed to be really cool. Except unlike sites [...]
Please Microsoft, Stop Holding .NET Back!
Published by April 23rd, 2007 in Alternatives, Microsoft, Programming, Software, Windows 49 CommentsAs dedicated developers, end-users, and champions of Microsoft’s .NET Framework, we’re making a final plea to Microsoft and the .NET Framework team to save .NET and make it a real multi-platform framework. Please!
Sun could (and did) do it with Java, so why can’t Microsoft just swallow the pill already and provide real support for the [...]
