tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420860529344694449.post6453029781049169963..comments2024-03-25T02:37:02.982-07:00Comments on Lin.ear th.inking: Flex VS Silverlight - another shot in the warDr JTShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02383381220154739793noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420860529344694449.post-47393378973006264662007-07-24T08:56:00.000-07:002007-07-24T08:56:00.000-07:00Wow, Regina, I hadn't heard that the Mono clone of...Wow, Regina, I hadn't heard that the Mono clone of Silverlight actually had a brand name (makes sense - if MS can come up with a cheesy name no reason others can't too. Moonlight actually is very clever - plays on Silver obviously, but also the word Mono).<BR/><BR/>This will be very interesting to watch. I've been a bit sceptical of the Mono effort, since I just don't see how they can track MS's effort that closely. Surely MS doesn't want Mono to take off? Or maybe in a wierd political way they do... Or maybe they want Mono to always be not-quite-as-good... It would be bizarre if Moonlight emerged as a contender for the new UI environment, and this ended up giving Mono a lot more traction.Dr JTShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02383381220154739793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420860529344694449.post-54526404517794834832007-07-24T06:12:00.000-07:002007-07-24T06:12:00.000-07:00Lets not forget MoonLight - Novell's Open Source/L...Lets not forget MoonLight - Novell's Open Source/Linux answer to Silverlight.Regina Obehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12156821701772508167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420860529344694449.post-21906782725086340052007-07-23T08:52:00.000-07:002007-07-23T08:52:00.000-07:00Yes, good point. Although I'm not clear either on...Yes, good point. Although I'm not clear either on exactly how JavaFX compares. <BR/><BR/>It strikes me that all of these developments are an updating of the original pitch for Java, which was to be a better environment for building web-deployable apps. Unfortunately through various circumstances (some its fault, some not) it never realized this potential. There would be a nice symmetry if JavaFX came out on top now that the world has finally accepted that they need such a solution. But this game is wide open now. <BR/><BR/>There's also Lazlo, which is the "little guy" in this horse race. Gotta admire their guts, but not sure I'd bet on them.<BR/><BR/>What would be *nice* to see is an Open Standard covering all this stuff. But I suspect this is one area which is way too complex to permit anything except a de jure standard to emerge. And that's probably a good thing, since no-one really knows how this world should best be architected.Dr JTShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02383381220154739793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420860529344694449.post-47068626194221118002007-07-22T20:59:00.000-07:002007-07-22T20:59:00.000-07:00And then there's Java FX, which is evidently Sun's...And then there's Java FX, which is evidently Sun's response to Flash. I must confess though that I am not really sure what it is exactly.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00759347756359490466noreply@blogger.com