It's a different world
Now, history seems to be repeating itself as Microsoft target the market for Rich Internet Applications. I don’t see old technologies such as Java or Javascript/Ajax being able to match the capabilities of .Net/Wpf/Xaml. Nor do I think that Adobe’s Apollo is going to have much of an impact.
This time Microsoft holds has leads in too many of the key technologies and markets for anyone to effectively compete. We know how effective they have been in the past when they had far fewer resources than today.
It's not the same world in which MS won those previous battles. Having a web technology that works well in IE, not so well (or at all) in other browsers and on other platforms? It's just not going to fly very well. the MS technologies he listed may well be better, but they aren't enough better.
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Don't be afraid!
[Gary] November 21, 2006 6:38:58.000
http://duckdown.blogspot.com/2006/11/apologies-to-james-robertson-and-chris.html
The shakeup of the RIA
[Rick] November 23, 2006 12:20:14.000
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. WPF/E is going to shake things up, whether you like it or not. The stock browser as an applications platform is just horrible.
It's not the same world in which MS won those previous battles. Having a web technology that works well in IE, not so well (or at all) in other browsers and on other platforms? It's just not going to fly very well. the MS technologies he listed may well be better, but they aren't enough
James, the thing is that the WPF/E engine is not only being ported to other browsers, but to other platforms. James, you're very wrong about this. People want apps in the browser, but they hate the stock browser.