Gerald Bauer
2004-10-05 02:42:49 UTC
Hello,
Some tech sites covered today's Xamlon 1.0 release with some commentary.
internetnews.com writes:
XAML is Microsoft's proprietary extension to the XML standard, and
Colton said that it's not clear whether his company might face the
need to license Microsoft's tech in the future.
Microsoft's licensing plans for XAML remain vague, said O'Kelly. "This
will be interesting litmus test for Microsoft," he said. "Will they
put it into open source? If Microsoft says, 'This is important for
developers, and we're putting heavy IP protection on it,' a lot of
developers will have problems with it."
Sax wasn't sure how much of a future Xamlon has against upcoming
developer toolsets. "Visual Studio will probably eclipse Xamlon as a
development tool for building XAML apps, and now that Avalon will be
available on older versions of Windows, the runtime loses much of its
appeal." He said Xamlon could help move XAML to other platforms,
especially the Mono project, an open source application that lets
Linux, UNIX and other Mono-supported platform programmers create .NET
apps.
"It's not our goal to compete with Microsoft," Colton said. He figures
the company has two years to sell development tools before Microsoft
enables XAML development in Visual Studio and Longhorn. He plans to
continue to advance the tools, then move the company's offerings
toward training and support. "They're giving us this great lead time
to hone our tools," he said.
O'Kelly said the faster developers start working with XAML, the better
for Microsoft. "The more people who can explore something and provide
feedback, the better it will be."
Source: http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3416551
What's your take? Are you ready to jump on the XAML bandwagon? Is
XAML the new XML? Do you think Xamlon can outdo Microsoft on XAML?
- Gerald
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Some tech sites covered today's Xamlon 1.0 release with some commentary.
internetnews.com writes:
XAML is Microsoft's proprietary extension to the XML standard, and
Colton said that it's not clear whether his company might face the
need to license Microsoft's tech in the future.
Microsoft's licensing plans for XAML remain vague, said O'Kelly. "This
will be interesting litmus test for Microsoft," he said. "Will they
put it into open source? If Microsoft says, 'This is important for
developers, and we're putting heavy IP protection on it,' a lot of
developers will have problems with it."
Sax wasn't sure how much of a future Xamlon has against upcoming
developer toolsets. "Visual Studio will probably eclipse Xamlon as a
development tool for building XAML apps, and now that Avalon will be
available on older versions of Windows, the runtime loses much of its
appeal." He said Xamlon could help move XAML to other platforms,
especially the Mono project, an open source application that lets
Linux, UNIX and other Mono-supported platform programmers create .NET
apps.
"It's not our goal to compete with Microsoft," Colton said. He figures
the company has two years to sell development tools before Microsoft
enables XAML development in Visual Studio and Longhorn. He plans to
continue to advance the tools, then move the company's offerings
toward training and support. "They're giving us this great lead time
to hone our tools," he said.
O'Kelly said the faster developers start working with XAML, the better
for Microsoft. "The more people who can explore something and provide
feedback, the better it will be."
Source: http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3416551
What's your take? Are you ready to jump on the XAML bandwagon? Is
XAML the new XML? Do you think Xamlon can outdo Microsoft on XAML?
- Gerald
---------------------------
Gerald Bauer
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http://richcon.com
XUL News Wire - http://xulnews.com
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