tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34341551.post1095944944415196458..comments2023-10-09T13:14:44.358-04:00Comments on Aaron Zeckoski Technology Leadership: SilverlightAZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08720686868620505220noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34341551.post-48942940537961291852008-01-30T22:26:00.000-05:002008-01-30T22:26:00.000-05:00Aaron,I haven't followed Silverlight as closely as...Aaron,<BR/><BR/>I haven't followed Silverlight as closely as I perhaps should, but I worry a lot about it. <BR/><BR/>In the open source world, I'm a lot more interested in pursuing open web standards that can be used by everyone, for free. The alternatives to JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and AJAX are all proprietary and controlled by a single corporation--Microsoft with Silverlight and Adobe with Flex. So while they may offer intruiging rich client possibilities, I'll stick with the openness and ubiquity of the Web.<BR/><BR/>Flex, for example, offers open authoring tools but Adobe retains the runtime as proprietary and closed. Not a good deal as far as I'm concerned.<BR/><BR/>Brendan Eich, the guy who wrote JavaScript, has been writing a lot on the future of JS 2 and the need to provide compelling open alternatives to Flex and Silverlight.<BR/><BR/>Nonetheless, Flex and Silverlight do offer some intruiging opportunities to further blur the distinction between desktop and Web-hosted applications. I think over the next five years of the Web, this will be a big shift. Let's hope the Open Web can follow suit, bringing next-generation accessibility along with it.Colin Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17687924526663164452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34341551.post-1379759100045448072008-01-27T12:59:00.000-05:002008-01-27T12:59:00.000-05:00It seems to be cross browser compatible but not cr...It seems to be cross browser compatible but not cross operating system. It's at least not Linux compatible.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04181197237245113534noreply@blogger.com