Comments on: Silverlight Makes the VRML Mistake http://www.elharo.com/blog/software-development/web-development/2007/05/02/silverlight-makes-the-vrml-mistake/ Ranting and Raving Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:33:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Paulo Melo http://www.elharo.com/blog/software-development/web-development/2007/05/02/silverlight-makes-the-vrml-mistake/#comment-68728 Paulo Melo Fri, 04 May 2007 14:29:30 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/software-development/web-development/2007/05/02/silverlight-makes-the-vrml-mistake/#comment-68728 I agree with all except for the Adobe, Oracle, Google, IBM or Sun not having such a position as Microsoft.I believe it all depends on the specific agenda of each company.Why does Adobe Flex Builder has only one plugin for eclipse? Is it such a competitor to JSF that Sun's Netbeans don't look at it as a market for their developer IDE? Or is it Adobe that doesn't want to develop for NetBeans...As the example above many can be found... I agree with all except for the Adobe, Oracle, Google, IBM or Sun not having such a position as Microsoft.I believe it all depends on the specific agenda of each company.Why does Adobe Flex Builder has only one plugin for eclipse? Is it such a competitor to JSF that Sun’s Netbeans don’t look at it as a market for their developer IDE? Or is it Adobe that doesn’t want to develop for NetBeans…As the example above many can be found…

]]> By: Wouter http://www.elharo.com/blog/software-development/web-development/2007/05/02/silverlight-makes-the-vrml-mistake/#comment-68170 Wouter Thu, 03 May 2007 06:44:14 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/software-development/web-development/2007/05/02/silverlight-makes-the-vrml-mistake/#comment-68170 Len, Stop trolling. Len,

Stop trolling.

]]> By: George Bailey http://www.elharo.com/blog/software-development/web-development/2007/05/02/silverlight-makes-the-vrml-mistake/#comment-68165 George Bailey Thu, 03 May 2007 05:20:40 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/software-development/web-development/2007/05/02/silverlight-makes-the-vrml-mistake/#comment-68165 Len, Silverlight isn't a language. And what does Apple have to do with the topic? Len,
Silverlight isn’t a language. And what does Apple have to do with the topic?

]]> By: len http://www.elharo.com/blog/software-development/web-development/2007/05/02/silverlight-makes-the-vrml-mistake/#comment-67979 len Wed, 02 May 2007 13:54:59 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/software-development/web-development/2007/05/02/silverlight-makes-the-vrml-mistake/#comment-67979 Maybe that is Apple's mistake, not Microsofts. Maybe Apple should pay more attention to what their customers ask for instead of closing them in and trapping them on a platform they control. Maybe languages don't fail. They just work or don't work. People and companies fail. As for VRML, there has never been a time since 1995 that you couldn't get a Windows editor for it or a viewer. Given that both you and Elliotte define failure in terms of the winner gets the big numbers, why would the VRML vendors want to write software for a failed desktop, the Macintosh. SVG is a complete flop. PHP, Python, Perl, fageddaaboutem. It's an easy game to play. But meaningless. As long as a language is in use, it is surviving. COBOL is still running the banks. Maybe that is Apple’s mistake, not Microsofts. Maybe Apple should pay more attention to what their customers ask for instead of closing them in and trapping them on a platform they control.

Maybe languages don’t fail. They just work or don’t work. People and companies fail.

As for VRML, there has never been a time since 1995 that you couldn’t get a Windows editor for it or a viewer. Given that both you and Elliotte define failure in terms of the winner gets the big numbers, why would the VRML vendors want to write software for a failed desktop, the Macintosh. SVG is a complete flop. PHP, Python, Perl, fageddaaboutem.

It’s an easy game to play. But meaningless. As long as a language is in use, it is surviving. COBOL is still running the banks.

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