關於 silverlight 有趣的文章

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I actually feel sorry for the Microsoft employees when I hear them pitch this stuff–it can’t be good for the self-esteem. Note to Microsoft–maybe stop tanking in the media sector and work on making an operating system that people don’t hate.

簡單的翻成中文就是：別再撒大錢搞媒體戰，想辦法生一個大家不恨的作業系統出來比較實際.

更簡單的翻譯就是：vista 打掉重練是王道, period.

The funny thing is watching the MS folks do their pitch. Often they lack a fundamental understanding of the space, but when they do you can see them cringing;

their body language suggests they don’t believe a word they are saying. When pressed they often revert to off the record comments that indicate Silverlight 1.0 isn’t ready for prime time–just wait for 2.0, or it’s not the ideal choice for consumer front ends at this time.

…glad I’m not the only one suffering through pitch after pitch.

其中關於 silverlight v1.0 not ready for the prime time 這部份，大抵跟我從別的管道聽來的消息一致，更悲情的版本包含 WPF 與 Silverlight 間並沒有想像中的麻吉，更別提 workflow 整合。

至於文章中提到關於 pitch 的想法，在我早幾年的職業生涯中，也曾跟一些 m$ sales 打過交道，只能說頗有同感。

順帶提幾件事，最近在廣泛的研究手持裝置，主要是手機與pda之類的玩意，而很不幸的，在這個市場裏的領導系統，又是 windows mobile，先直接講目前得到的結論：歹竹出不了好荀，而這可不是盛怒之下的意氣話，背後有著完整的分析與原理，無論從 usability 或 user experience 的角度來看，都會証明這點，但很顯然的，這要等日後有空再說了。

另外一件事就是，下星期二，要麻早點下班回家，要麻晚點兒走，找個有大水管網路的地方待著會比較好