• To: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@s...>
• Subject: Re: Why I Like Longhorn and XAML
• From: Rich Salz <rsalz@d...>
• Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 19:32:55 -0500 (EST)
• Cc: "xml-dev@l..." <xml-dev@l...>
• In-reply-to: <r02000200-1028-99743EB40F1911D892650003937A08C2@[192.168.124.11]>

> Unfortunately, projects like Avalon coupled with Microsoft's pulling the
> plug on Internet Explorer strike me as being precisely about forcing
> choices to serve their interests, and that qualifies as shameful.

Certainly, some percentage of those in thralldom will get dragged along
(err) by the horns.  But I'm more optimistic, and I don't think the CxO
office is going to easily let their developers go whole-hog back down the
"fat client" chute.  Shrink-wrap software that can carry its own baggage
won't be limited; they'll just depend on making sure all their customers
have upgraded with enough silage so that their fat clients have a place to
sit.

Enough analogies. :)

Sell your stock.  Longhorn is going to seriously bring down the value
of that little software company in the US northwest.
	/r$
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