[dba-VB] Silverlight 5 in 2011

Hello Hans-Christian --

I suppose that "rumors about that Silverlight is dead are greatly
exaggerated" :)

I do not intend to start a "religious war" here iPhone, IPad, ... vs.
Windows 7 Phone but I'd expect MS will make it this time as they did it many
times before - they will get at least 50%(I'd bet) of the mobile/smart
phones installed OSes market sooner or later...

I can be wrong of course.

Thank you.

--
Shamil
 
-----Original Message-----
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Subject: Re: [dba-VB] Silverlight 5 in 2011

Silverlight may live on as a development platform for Windows Phone
development (an arguably good & practical choice), however Silverlight is
essentially dead for the web in general. It may also be possible that
Microsoft hasn't entirely given up hope, is shifting tactics and is trying
to take a page out of Apples' book - trying to build some momentum for
Silverlight by forcing it on developers and tying it to the success or
failure of the Windows Phone 7...


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On 6 December 2010 03:15, Gustav Brock <Gustav at cactus.dk> wrote:

> Hi Shamil
>
> Windows Phone development _is_ Silverlight only. That's why the 
> (wrong) death rumours last month about Silverlight didn't make much sense.
>
> The phones have been released here but the marketing has been very poor.
> The phone company we use doesn't offer it yet so we are a bit 
> reluctant, but my plan is to obtain these to replace our seven(!) years
old T610 veterans.
>
> /gustav
>
>
> >>> shamil at smsconsulting.spb.ru 06-12-2010 11:29 >>>
> Hi Gustav --
>
> Yes, I, personally, do plan to start working with Silverlight 4 (I 
> have done a few rather advanced WPF projects in the past and I liked 
> that technology and Silverlight is also based on WPF, and has a lot 
> more AFAIU)...
>
> Have you heard what are the plans there in MS on Silverlight and 
> Windows 7 Phone?
> Are Windows 7 Phones already available in Denmark? (Not yet here in 
> Russia
> -
> IPhone is everywhere here now...)
>
> Thank you.
>
> --
> Shamil
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
> Sent: 6 ??????? 2010 ?. 13:20
> To: dba-vb at databaseadvisors.com
> Subject: [dba-VB] Silverlight 5 in 2011
>
> Hi all
>
> The link tells it all:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/future/
>
> /gustav
>
>