Adobe CEO responds to Microsoft's Silverlight

[thunderbird.117]

adobe did release quality cross platform technologies and s/w for Linux too.for eg;acroreader and flash 9 itself though delayed.I am sure M$ will be aggressively promoting this new thing and once it reaches the minimum level,they will make it a monopoly for Windows users,ofcourse cross platform from Windows XP to Windows Vista sure they do!


there needs to be open source alternatives like gnash for flash etc as for silverlight too.always Linux users tends to be in lag when it comes to new propreitory technologies.but then again how can Mcdonalds give out their secret recipe to other restaurents.there never will be any plans for cross restaurent

I want to make sure that I'm getting this right...Sliverlight is going to kill Flash (which is everywhere on the internet right now) just like Zune killed the iPod, and Vista killed all other OSes, Xbox killed Playstation and Nintendo...

If the adoption of Zune and Vista are any indication of how quickly Sliverlight is going to be adopted, I'm not worried, and everything I have at home runs on Linux.

1.Silverlight will not be a big hit. Flash will still be there. Adobe just wont give up just like that.
2. When did zune killed ipod?. You are dreaming. IPod is still no.1. Zune comes nowhere near to ipod.
3. Vista killed all other OS?. Such has?.
4. Xbox did not kill Wii. Wii is still stronger than x360.

Get up. Microsoft just loves copying and copying they can not create anything own by themself.

 

[praka123]

1.Silverlight will not be a big hit. Flash will still be there. Adobe just wont give up just like that.
2. When did zune killed ipod?. You are dreaming. IPod is still no.1. Zune comes nowhere near to ipod.
3. Vista killed all other OS?. Such has?.
4. Xbox did not kill Wii. Wii is still stronger than x360.

Get up. Microsoft just loves copying and copying they can not create anything own by themself.

@thunder:
Ahh...its just a satire i am trying to say reg all those lines u quoted. @tleast am a GNU/Linux User.

 

[nepcker]

The reason why Direct X was not successful till DX7 is because it was harder to code. MS bribed EA to use DirectX on all their PC games. Copying from EA, new developers started using DirectX on their games. Many of these games became successful and now many developers are using DirectX. Agreed, EA develops OpenGL games too, but most of their PC games are DirectX-based.

I also don't understand how it "makes sense to go DirectX way" for FPS games. Call of Duty series, Doom series, Quake series, Wolfenstien series, Prey, etc. are all great FPS games, and are based in OpenGL.

Coming to the point, all Adobe is now doing is saying that people should not believe in MS in providing cross-platform solution -- and they're right. But I don't think that it will drop the use of Flash. Taking the example of cell phones, many Nokia users won't move to any other phone than Nokia because they are accustomed to it. Similarly, I don't think that people used to Flash will move to silverlight. (Unless MS decides to pay some big sites currently using Flash to switch to Silverlight.)

 

[gxsaurav]

The reason why Direct X was not successful till DX7 is because it was harder to code. MS bribed EA to use DirectX on all their PC games.

Bull crap, no source & no proof to back this statement I suppose. Just pointing to any article on net won't help. Even I can point articles that Apple bribed developers to use .mov insted of .avi in video editing apps & 3ds Max.

EA develops OpenGL games too, but most of their PC games are DirectX-based.

Yeah, obviously. PC means Gaming on Windows, the most popular X86 platform for games, so why make in OpenGL when you can make in DirectX & save time cos much of the code is already optimised & ready to use for Windows.

 

[freebird]

DirectX?OpenGL is the real technology;M$ simply creates stumbling blocks on same technology already developed causing confusions and eternally M$ wins.for eg:M$ Silverlight vs adobe flash? M$ users can read below link:
*tinyurl.com/2amjjc

 

[gxsaurav]

Yo freebird, leave your MS hatred aside for a second & read the above posts by me. Is it wrong for MS to develope a technology so that desigining things for their platform is easier for developers.?