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RE: Silverlight strikes out with MLB

jpate86 6th Apr 2009

Spoken like a true user. You may claim to be savvy or maybe even a "developer" but you obviously are not. Users never see what the "big deal" is with emerging technologies. Insiders do, because we can see what the capabilities of the technology are without actually seeing a finished application. Users need to see a final product to understand, not developers. Flash, JavaFX(I guess), and Silverlight are a big deal. Flash is already huge and getting better. Silverlight is Flash for .NET. And with the arsenal of .NET developers already out there, there will be some sick stuff out there before you know it. Silverlight is still in it's infancy and has a long way to go. No doubt this is a setback, but saying that RIA's are just buzz words that only insiders are hyped about makes you sound pretty ignorant. Once again, there is a reason why insiders get hyped about emerging technologies. Technology would be pretty lame if they didn't. That's how the best technologies survive and evolve!