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This is going to be great.
However, if or when it's a success there will then be concerns of antitrust matters I suppose.

I think with the large number of partners ms has now it's going to come down to how well it performs out of the gate of if they are willing to wait. I think the .NET toolset is great and the presentation foundation is a huge step forward. Haven't seen the expression stuff yet but sounds like but there is a lot of programming support available for .net to be sure.


One thing about Adobe Flash player is something Microsoft takes a never ending hit for and that is it's phoning home to adobe....i'm not sure how often but I don't like this idea anymore than ms phoning home. I'm guessing others don't mind since it's not ms. wink

It's also somewhat ironic how people that complain about MS no matter what they do and especially if they think Microsoft is try to control formats. but the facts are technologies like Flash and Java and Quicktime have defaulted their way onto so many desktops that Flash is almost at monopoly levels. I guess this doesn't count as "lock in" to a format when you develop around these technologies. Java has proliferated all over the net over time and the runtime is installed on countless machines. Yet .NET is griped about as being a microsoft only technology.

Ah well, Microsoft will be a huge player in this area and Vista will be a great platform on which to use these new technologies.
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Great  StanB | 04/15/07
It's not a new streaming media format  marksashton | 04/15/07
Hey, at least it has a cool name  marksashton | 04/15/07
No Linux Support means no GoldLight!!  madhead@... | 04/16/07
Or GreenLight?  John Zern | 04/16/07
.net Tools  Grayson Peddie | 04/16/07
Message has been deleted.  ITGuy04 | 04/16/07
Finally a reasonable reply  xuniL_z | 04/16/07
Hmmm, this sounds pretty familiar to what spews from your mouth.  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 04/16/07
watch it Jethro  xuniL_z | 04/16/07
You are just TOO intelligent for me, I guess.  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 04/16/07
Different target market.  B.O.F.H. | 04/16/07
Thank you for your childish comment.  Grayson Peddie | 04/16/07
What about security ?  BitTwiddler | 04/16/07
But can you shut the player off??  shawkins | 04/16/07
Cool Video Control  DonBurnett | 04/16/07
Browser plugins?  Chad_z | 04/16/07
Hello Wheel  supercharlie | 04/16/07
Yeah, who need competition???  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/16/07
You know the saying  voska | 04/16/07
Yeah, So When's The Zune Phone Coming Out?  itanalyst | 04/16/07
Buwahahaha  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/16/07
This is going to be great.  xuniL_z | 04/16/07
MS invented Phoning-home ....  An_Axe_to_Grind | 04/16/07
Well it's very possible  xuniL_z | 04/16/07
Wrong  SquishyParts | 04/17/07
Expression, hmmm, again?  An_Axe_to_Grind | 04/16/07
Do you have any idea what you're talking about?  marksashton | 04/16/07
No, as usual he is clueless. (nt)  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/16/07
Microsoft sheds light on Flash rival  Loverock Davidson | 04/16/07
Wow, I never thought I would EVER agree with you!  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 04/16/07
Cross platform is Very Important  madhead@... | 04/16/07
Yes, there is a version for WPF/E  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/16/07
It works on MacOS and Windows.  B.O.F.H. | 04/16/07
The best user experience is when the user controls the experience  Resuna | 04/16/07
flash sucks..  g_keramidas@... | 04/16/07
What about security?  Resuna | 04/16/07
Waiting For The Silver Block Firefox Plugin  itanalyst | 04/16/07
Nice post  xuniL_z | 04/16/07
ah ah ah very funnt  anacardo | 04/16/07
Microsoft Supporting FireFox  mighetto | 04/16/07
Not so new.  Joel R | 05/03/07
Though I never been too impressed with MS's software,  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 04/16/07
In some ways, Adobe is even more evil than Microsoft ever was.  Joel R | 05/03/07
MS is looking for a fight  Quebec-french | 04/16/07
flex for me sorry MS  jimk_z | 04/17/07
and the ignorant have spoken  jimk_z | 04/17/07
The problem  SquishyParts | 04/17/07

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