JD on EP

Ok. JD, maybe you call it 'core realities' but I call that the 'truth'.

But using your terminology, the 'core reality' is that this MS executive is marketing his product in whatever means available--to include vague, confusing remarks.

But, you can bet that MS is leveraging their developer base to continue growing the mother ship.

Now we developers have more options to produce applications--some like pink, some like blue--who cares--as long as the customer is happy and we all get paid.

:-)

I'd say he dodged the question well. Adobe staffers have asked me to ensure folks do not compare Microsoft Silverlight with Adobe AIR, and here's a reporter asking the very question. If you’re confused, imagine my position – Adobe, please make up your minds please, do you want to project the Adobe AIR vs Silverlight comparison or not?

[jd sez: Reporters need to ask what reporters need to ask. But replies should distinguish browser plugins from cross-OS desktop shells.]

The posture going forward is simple, with XAML + .NET ecosystem we believe developers/designers (aka deviners) will have the ability to migrate up and down the different levels of our UX Platform depending on circumstances / expected outcome. That’s what I’d assume Jason was stating (haven’t spoken to him so only speculating.

Keep in mind JD, you're taking a context of a quote and building a story around it, so i'd hesitate to use the words "core realities".

Please Note: Silverlight 2 (not 2.0) will be released this year, not Silverlight 1.0.

People pay more attention to you when they think you're up to something.

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Scott Barnes
Microsoft.

Yeah, I was just going to ask about the 1.0 thing. But you're right, the answer on Silverlight was the work of a fluffer.

[jd sez: True, Rich, I left that unclear. What is promised for nearterm "2.0" beta will likely be the first delivery of the functionality advertised for the 1.0 release at Mix in March 2006. The public release towards May 2007, called "1.0", was a feature-cut release (internal logic engine, MSAA accessibility, multiple coding languages, etc). The upcoming beta may have a "2.0" naming, but the features are those which were announced for 1.0 release by the end of 2006.]

I get you're as you put it once, "Adobe's cheer leader" but to discredit a release before it's even released without seeing what is going to be released is weak posture JD?

I also noted that you left out is last comments:

" think the interesting question on those other platforms is, do you want to really deeply take advantage of the platform you're running on, or do you want to have more like a box where your app is running? I use WPF [Windows Presentation Foundation], I can integrate directly with the coding system on Windows itself. I can integrate with Search, I can integrate with the local disk, very seamlessly because it's taking advantage of the operating system."

[jd sez: I noticed that you left out the "h" in "his". ;-) ]

I does what we all do when Journalist ask those "questions that they want to ask", you simply ensure you redirect the question to answer or point you want to make clear. The last paragraph illustrates that Jason's focus was on Platform and emphasising that we'd rather folks look into leveraging the capabilities of a specific platform instead of worrying about Silverlight vs Adobe AIR - which helps sell readership, but does little for both causes right?

Also, it pays to highlight the actual question instead of taioloring it to suite your point:

"SCOTT FULTON, BetaNews: Is there any kind of inherent advantage, is there more in terms of building a stand-alone, rich Web application that a developer can do with Silverlight and Visual Studio that he cannot accomplish today with AIR 1.0 and Flex Builder 3?"

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Scott Barnes
Microsoft.

So some convicted monopoly violators, who lied to HP so they could coulude with Intel about lying to all the customers who bought into the 'vista capable' stickers (per their own published emails) wants us to believe their 'new' programming system/delivery platform is going to be somehow relevant... right, when pigs fly.