win a prize by reading microsoft propaganda Options

[pebkac]

http://www.microsoft.com/australia/vistafacts/fact.aspx

I was going to do it, but the website uses microsoft's terrible SilverLight technology.

[impala454]

hatin on somethin you don't know jack about just because you can't run it on your mac... wah.

[Hartmann]

hatin on somethin you don't know jack about just because you can't run it on your mac... wah.

Well, I know these facts:

Compelling Cross-Platform User Experiences

* Deliver media experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web that incorporate video, animation, interactivity, and stunning user interfaces.
* Seamless, fast installation for users, thanks to a small, on-demand, easy-to-install plug-in that is under 2 megabytes (MB) in size and works with all leading browsers.
* Consistent experiences between Windows-based and Macintosh computers without any additional installation requirements.
* Create richer, more compelling Web experiences that take greater advantage of the client for increased performance.
* Stunning vector-based graphics, media, text, animation, and overlays that enable seamless integration of graphics and effects into any existing Web application.
* Enhance existing standards/AJAX-based applications with richer graphics and media, and improve their performance and capabilities by using Silverlight.

Most of that is crap. You can do vector based graphics without a plugin and apparently it isn't so cross-platform if doesn't work on a Mac.

How much more can we "enhance" AJAX applications?

It reminds me of that IBM 2.0 Bingo commercial - fill the presentation with so much fluff they don't know what they're getting.

P.S. - I'm installing just to see what's so wonderful. It strikes me as Flash except no one is creating content for this.