http://4sysops.com/archives/silverlight-10-released-is-this-the-end-for-web-applications/ For Windows Administrators Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:14:56 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://4sysops.com/archives/silverlight-10-released-is-this-the-end-for-web-applications/comment-page-1/#comment-23263 Michael Sat, 08 Sep 2007 05:38:25 +0000 http://4sysops.com/archives/silverlight-10-released-is-this-the-end-for-web-applications/#comment-23263 I think Microsoft is taking this direction since the times where Netscape was still a competitor. This is where the name .NET came from. When I first read about .NET I already thought it would be something like WPF. But when I read about ASP.NET later, I was very disappointed because everything was still browser based. But you’re right, Google is the thriving factor now. Their success has certainly accelerated this development. It will be interesting to see if Google will be able to make this move away from the Web. They are very much focused on Web technology now and have almost no experience with desktop apps. However, they have enough money to buy this expertise. The only question will be if they realize early enough that the future belongs to RIAs. I think Microsoft is taking this direction since the times where Netscape was still a competitor. This is where the name .NET came from. When I first read about .NET I already thought it would be something like WPF. But when I read about ASP.NET later, I was very disappointed because everything was still browser based. But you’re right, Google is the thriving factor now. Their success has certainly accelerated this development. It will be interesting to see if Google will be able to make this move away from the Web. They are very much focused on Web technology now and have almost no experience with desktop apps. However, they have enough money to buy this expertise. The only question will be if they realize early enough that the future belongs to RIAs.

]]> http://4sysops.com/archives/silverlight-10-released-is-this-the-end-for-web-applications/comment-page-1/#comment-23171 Matt Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:25:33 +0000 http://4sysops.com/archives/silverlight-10-released-is-this-the-end-for-web-applications/#comment-23171 I was at the Vista launch in Austin, TX, where they were demoing WPF development. One thing a friend and I were talking about was the "bigger reason" for WPF. It's apparent with Google Docs & other rich Web-based services like it that more and more functionality is being put inside a Web browser. In our opinion, Microsoft is intentionally trying to pull/force people back into reliance on the Windows OS to "get the job done" and for obvious reasons. Pretty interesting... I was at the Vista launch in Austin, TX, where they were demoing WPF development. One thing a friend and I were talking about was the “bigger reason” for WPF. It’s apparent with Google Docs & other rich Web-based services like it that more and more functionality is being put inside a Web browser. In our opinion, Microsoft is intentionally trying to pull/force people back into reliance on the Windows OS to “get the job done” and for obvious reasons. Pretty interesting…

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