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All Things Microsoft => Microsoft as a Company => Topic started by: mobrien_12 on 7 November 2003, 08:38

Title: Here we go again.
Post by: mobrien_12 on 7 November 2003, 08:38: http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3104381 (http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3104381)

http://slashdot.org/articles/03/11/06/1927256.shtml?tid=109&tid=187 (http://slashdot.org/articles/03/11/06/1927256.shtml?tid=109&tid=187)

quote:

One thing is clear: Microsoft's developers have apparently thrown down the gauntlet in developing new built-in graphics rendering tools that -- if integrated into the next-generation Windows operating system now called Longhorn -- could effectively force Flash and Director out of Windows desktops.

Competing product for flash. Integrated into .NET runtime framework and therefore Longhorn.

Of course, not available for Linux. If it's .net, it won't be available for macintosh.

I wonder if it can only be served by a MS server.

[ November 06, 2003: Message edited by: M. O'Brien ]
Title: Here we go again.
Post by: Xeen on 7 November 2003, 08:42: LOL. Fucking idiots. They should get sued before this is allowed to happen.
Title: Here we go again.
Post by: mobrien_12 on 7 November 2003, 21:30: quote:
Originally posted by xeen:
LOL. Fucking idiots. They should get sued before this is allowed to happen.

Yes, but by whom? Remeber, as part of the settlement, the DOJ agreed to never again sue MS for bundling stuff into the OS.

The DOJ essentially gave MS a licence to do the same stuff they were getting sued over (and found guilty of, even in the court of appeals).
Title: Here we go again.
Post by: cahult on 7 November 2003, 14:29: Sounds like the ordinary FUD from Microsoft. It will never catch on with the professional graphics workers.
Title: Here we go again.
Post by: cahult on 7 November 2003, 14:35: One more thing:

Did Microsoft
Title: Here we go again.
Post by: SAJChurchey on 7 November 2003, 19:47: I have no doubt that Macromedia will hold on to their market share. They are far too entrenched in the web-based multimedia market.