While many see Microsoft Silverlight as an Adobe Flash killer, I actually
think Adobe should rejoice that Microsoft is competing with Adobe on its own
turf (i.e., media plug-ins) rather than putting all its energy, as it once
did, into Web standards and innovation (IE 5.0 was the most robust and
compliant Web browser of its time).
If Microsoft were to take a similar approach to the one it embraced in 1995,
when it actually took the lead in Web technologies and provided the best Open
Web browser implementation, new media functionalities such as video and 2D/3D
would become an intrinsic part of the Web, making media plug-ins irrelevant
to its future. In other word, if Microsoft were to go full Open Web (with
SVG, Canvas, Smil, HTML 5, Video, and CSS3) Adobe Flash would be ... (more)
Ok, so, here are my thoughts on Ulitzer...
As a blogger, I focus on traffic and I spend quite a lot of time optimizing
my SEO. Since the target audience of my articles is much greater than the
reach of my blog, Ulitzer is actually helping me increase my content reach.
Moreover, Ulitzer does it in a very fair way since links back to my posts or
other locations are without the evil "nofollow"... (more)
Mysterious, comforting, scary, and attractive are all possible adjectives to
describe a cloud. Interestingly enough, this is true of all kinds of clouds,
from the meteorological to the computing. During the last few years, we have
a seen a proliferation of clouds forming from every corner of the Internet.
Nowadays, it is very rare to see any Internet technology presentation without
at le... (more)
Jon Davis posted an interesting article discussing whether the Microsoft
stack is really more expensive than open source alternatives.
Jon has a point; Microsoft’s restricted (i.e., Express) editions are as
free as the open source alternatives. This is undeniably true, since the
purpose of many software vendor’s “Express” edition is to compete
against open source on price. However, the di... (more)
At JavaOne, Larry Ellison has made some very encouraging statements about
Oracle’s commitments to Java, JavaFX, and the mobile developer market. It
is certainly good news that Oracle (i.e., Larry) sees the significance of the
Java platform in its integrality. However, there are many misunderstandings
about the relationship between Java, JavaFX, and Android that even confuse
the new Java ... (more)