Microsoft Corp.’s Ray Ozzie, chief software architect, presented the full breadth of Microsoft’s vision and road map for Microsoft Silverlight and how it fits into the company’s broader Microsoft .NET platform and tools effort. A core component of Microsoft’s overall strategy for the Web, Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next generation of .NET-based media experiences and rich interactive applications (RIAs).
In addition to making the beta of Silverlight available for download, Microsoft announced unprecedented support for dynamic languages including Python and Ruby, powerful services integration and new tooling in the Expression Studio and the next edition of Visual Studio, code-named “Orcas,” for building Silverlight applications.
Buying into the hype again? Maybe you’ve been living under a rock for the last decade. This is not worth a blog entry!
Here’s a sampling of headlines from the past few years:
“Will Microsoft XAML be the Flash killer?”
“Will Sparkle be the Flash killer?”
“Will WPF/E be the Flash killer?”
“Will Silverlight be the Flash killer?”
We should start asking the real question:
“When will Microsoft give it up?”