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  1. Comment - Adobe claims 100 million AIR installs...Where's Silverlight?

    (Jan 30, 2009 - 2:26 PM)

    There will always be two camps. Those that develop in Visual Studio and want vast libraries and tools will go with Silverlight. Those that need a fast, responsive, & light application, love Eclipse and Open Source will go with Flex/AIR.

    The main consideration for developers to side with one platform or another is job potential. There are tens of millions of jobs for .NET developers and only millions of jobs for Flex/AIR. So, there are more jobs out there seeking .NET and Silverlight. However, there are also 3 developers for every .NET job out there whereas there are 6 jobs for every Flex/AIR developer. So the job is more likely to be outsourced to a developing nation in .NET than in Flex/AIR.

    Overall, Microsoft misread the Internet and has had to claw back it position as a major player in the Internet arena. The good news is that Microsoft has billions of dollars, the bad news is it will cost billions of dollars to gain market share where it will only cost millions of dollars for Adobe and Google to keep their market share dominance. The question now is to whether Balmer feels it is worth trying to win the RIA Internet turf war or concede to Adobe and Google. Silverlight 2 hasn't won like Xbox 360 has in the console arena. Slow performance and slow adaptation in websites isn't helping. However, should Silverlight 3 not make a significant improvement, then Silverlight will go the way of the Zune.

  2. Comment - Apple Challenged Over Old Xerox UI Patent

    (Apr 24, 2007 - 8:39 PM)

    Guess what folks, everyone of these lawsuits cost you and me the consumer. The companies pass the cost on to us, and the lawyers make the money. The taxpayers also foot the bill since the legal court costs are subsidised (i.e. the court buildings, the publication of the case findings, etc...). Call your congressional representative to vote for IP term limits of seven years. Patents stiffle progress and are killing the US economy.