Comments on: When iPhone + Silverlight? http://rwandering.net/2008/03/06/when-iphone-silverlight/ The blogged wandering of Robert W. Anderson Sun, 11 Mar 2012 16:24:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Expert Texture » Counting the days till Silverlight announced for iPhone http://rwandering.net/2008/03/06/when-iphone-silverlight/comment-page-1/#comment-157084 Expert Texture » Counting the days till Silverlight announced for iPhone Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:29:20 +0000 http://rwandering.net/2008/03/06/when-iphone-silverlight/#comment-157084 [...] Why do I care?  It validates some of my earlier arguments.  Here and here. [...] [...] Why do I care?  It validates some of my earlier arguments.  Here and here. [...]

]]> By: Robert W. Anderson http://rwandering.net/2008/03/06/when-iphone-silverlight/comment-page-1/#comment-155531 Robert W. Anderson Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:39:55 +0000 http://rwandering.net/2008/03/06/when-iphone-silverlight/#comment-155531 Amyloo, no, I don't think Microsoft will (and I hope not). I think their entire developer strategy around the iPhone should be to ship a Silverlight 2 runtime. With that, a developer can build first-class applications for all Silverlight-enabled devices without dealing with the specifics of the platform (Cocoa, Symbian, etc.). Building (or porting) Silverlight tools (or tools for some other APIs) for the iPhone would be a huge project, and I doubt Microsoft could leverage much of their existing code (mostly in Win32-centric C++). So, I don't think it would be cost-effective, but also unnecessary. Windows and Microsoft .NET-centric devs will gravitate towards Silverlight anyway (and have the tools). Mac-centric devs are already using the Mac tools anyway (and would probably actively shun a Microsoft solution). . . . at least that's what I think. Amyloo, no, I don’t think Microsoft will (and I hope not).

I think their entire developer strategy around the iPhone should be to ship a Silverlight 2 runtime. With that, a developer can build first-class applications for all Silverlight-enabled devices without dealing with the specifics of the platform (Cocoa, Symbian, etc.).

Building (or porting) Silverlight tools (or tools for some other APIs) for the iPhone would be a huge project, and I doubt Microsoft could leverage much of their existing code (mostly in Win32-centric C++).

So, I don’t think it would be cost-effective, but also unnecessary. Windows and Microsoft .NET-centric devs will gravitate towards Silverlight anyway (and have the tools). Mac-centric devs are already using the Mac tools anyway (and would probably actively shun a Microsoft solution).

. . . at least that’s what I think.

]]> By: Amyloo http://rwandering.net/2008/03/06/when-iphone-silverlight/comment-page-1/#comment-155522 Amyloo Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:41:53 +0000 http://rwandering.net/2008/03/06/when-iphone-silverlight/#comment-155522 Robert, do you suppose if that Cocoa Touch tool only runs on the Mac, that MS will bring out its own tools for developing on the iPhone? Robert, do you suppose if that Cocoa Touch tool only runs on the Mac, that MS will bring out its own tools for developing on the iPhone?

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