Comments on: The Killer App Ubiquity Myth: The Olympic Bounce For Silverlight http://www.brooksandrus.com/blog/2008/09/10/the-killer-app-ubiquity-myth-the-olympic-bounce-for-silverlight/ This is the blog of Brooks Andrus. Here, at irregular intervals, you may find digital noise centered around the activities of an early 21st century technologist. I work for TechSmith Corporation, but this web space and the views found on it are entirely my own. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:26:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Phillip Ramsay http://www.brooksandrus.com/blog/2008/09/10/the-killer-app-ubiquity-myth-the-olympic-bounce-for-silverlight/comment-page-1/#comment-48736 Phillip Ramsay Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:42:25 +0000 http://www.brooksandrus.com/blog/?p=359#comment-48736 You're missing the point, the Olympics proved a clear point, that end users are willing to download a plugin in order to view the event. Flash currently has 8-18million people per day downloading Flash Plugin, that's 7-17 times the worlds population per year hitting the "install" button. 80% of these people don't get it via bundling/updater like solutions either. They get it from the AcitveX site found on Adobe.com This is from Emmy @ Adobe her self may I add. Adobe haven't been challenegd until now and the real success story isn't going to come from Events (they are just the big fish), the actuality of it all is going to come from OEM bundling or partnerships with CDN style networks. Adobe haven't got a story around this so they are keeping everyone locked on the 98% methodology - which has growing questions around it's accuracy may I add. Look beyond the matrix dude! :} You’re missing the point, the Olympics proved a clear point, that end users are willing to download a plugin in order to view the event.

Flash currently has 8-18million people per day downloading Flash Plugin, that’s 7-17 times the worlds population per year hitting the “install” button. 80% of these people don’t get it via bundling/updater like solutions either. They get it from the AcitveX site found on Adobe.com

This is from Emmy @ Adobe her self may I add.

Adobe haven’t been challenegd until now and the real success story isn’t going to come from Events (they are just the big fish), the actuality of it all is going to come from OEM bundling or partnerships with CDN style networks.

Adobe haven’t got a story around this so they are keeping everyone locked on the 98% methodology – which has growing questions around it’s accuracy may I add.

Look beyond the matrix dude! :}

]]> By: Iain http://www.brooksandrus.com/blog/2008/09/10/the-killer-app-ubiquity-myth-the-olympic-bounce-for-silverlight/comment-page-1/#comment-48562 Iain Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:19:27 +0000 http://www.brooksandrus.com/blog/?p=359#comment-48562 You're right about Silverlight having to earn its place - a good way to gain some developer support might be to add some features that are NOT in Flash, thus giving it a unique selling point. I don't think it's enough to just say "Hey, .NET guy - here's your version of Flash - go be creative", because you can't make a winforms or ASP developer into an RIA developer over night. I'd love to be excited about Silverlight like I am about Microsoft XNA, but it just doesn't have anything to make you go "Wow!". If the two-state solution is going to work out as you suggest, I also think the two companies need to allow a bit of tools compatability - for example moving vector artwork between Illustrator/Flash, and Blend/Silverlight/XAML. You’re right about Silverlight having to earn its place – a good way to gain some developer support might be to add some features that are NOT in Flash, thus giving it a unique selling point. I don’t think it’s enough to just say “Hey, .NET guy – here’s your version of Flash – go be creative”, because you can’t make a winforms or ASP developer into an RIA developer over night. I’d love to be excited about Silverlight like I am about Microsoft XNA, but it just doesn’t have anything to make you go “Wow!”. If the two-state solution is going to work out as you suggest, I also think the two companies need to allow a bit of tools compatability – for example moving vector artwork between Illustrator/Flash, and Blend/Silverlight/XAML.

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