Gerald Bauer
2004-10-13 03:27:23 UTC
Hello,
Dare Obasanjo - who is the Microsoft tech lead for the .NET XML APIs
if I'm not mistaken - has written up a blog story titled "On
Compatibility Between XAML and Xamlon".
Dare writes:
I've been having difficulty processing this news over the past few
days. Reading the Xamlon homepage gives more cause for pause. The site
proclaims...
What I find interesting about this are the claims that involve
unreleased products that aren't expected to beta until next year and
ship the year afterwards. I can understand that it is cool to claim to
have scooped Microsoft but considering that the XAML and Longhorn are
still being worked on it seems strange to claim to have built a
product that is compatible with unreleased Microsoft products.
Considering that XAML isn't even in beta yet, one can expect a lot
more changes to the language before it ships in 2006. Yet Xamlon
claims to be compatible with XAML. I have no idea how the Xamlon team
plans to make good on their promise to be compatible with XAML and
Longhorn before they've even shipped but I'd love to see what
developers out there think about this topic.
Source:
http://www.25hoursaday.com/weblog/PermaLink.aspx?guid=64bff084-023e-49b1-a0e5-2fdb836b284d
What's your take? Is the Xamlon XAML compatibility claim just a
marketing ploy? Or is Microsoft starting to spread FUD about XAML to
fend off annoying startups trying to steal the XAML show?
- Gerald
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Gerald Bauer
Rich Client Conference (RichCon) 2005 - http://richcon.com
XUL News Wire - http://xulnews.com
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Dare Obasanjo - who is the Microsoft tech lead for the .NET XML APIs
if I'm not mistaken - has written up a blog story titled "On
Compatibility Between XAML and Xamlon".
Dare writes:
I've been having difficulty processing this news over the past few
days. Reading the Xamlon homepage gives more cause for pause. The site
proclaims...
What I find interesting about this are the claims that involve
unreleased products that aren't expected to beta until next year and
ship the year afterwards. I can understand that it is cool to claim to
have scooped Microsoft but considering that the XAML and Longhorn are
still being worked on it seems strange to claim to have built a
product that is compatible with unreleased Microsoft products.
Considering that XAML isn't even in beta yet, one can expect a lot
more changes to the language before it ships in 2006. Yet Xamlon
claims to be compatible with XAML. I have no idea how the Xamlon team
plans to make good on their promise to be compatible with XAML and
Longhorn before they've even shipped but I'd love to see what
developers out there think about this topic.
Source:
http://www.25hoursaday.com/weblog/PermaLink.aspx?guid=64bff084-023e-49b1-a0e5-2fdb836b284d
What's your take? Is the Xamlon XAML compatibility claim just a
marketing ploy? Or is Microsoft starting to spread FUD about XAML to
fend off annoying startups trying to steal the XAML show?
- Gerald
---------------------------
Gerald Bauer
Rich Client Conference (RichCon) 2005 - http://richcon.com
XUL News Wire - http://xulnews.com
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