Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Ice Cube probably walked into a situation where they developers drove a lot of the emotion (and if Microsoft were smart, would pay for the CDS if they in fact used Silverlight), and they got him jazzed about using Silverlight. If I didn't know a whole lot about RIAs and web technology, and my guys were telling me that Silverlight was awesome and provided a much better experience, I might say the same kind of thing. I visited the site, and I am currently underwhelmed. Maybe this will provoke a little more Silverlight penetration. Who knows.
Ice Cube *also* mentions that this thing is going to put network television out of business. Does he take himself seriously? Doubtful. Boastful? Yes. Crazy? Yes. Trying to drum up some excitement for his project? Absolutely. Let him enjoy his own Kool-Aid for a little while.
We all know better.
4 Comments:
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Keith Peters said...
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“I thought the whole thing was hilarious. And even if he does mean that Flash is dead, so what? It's freaking Ice Cube. He knows about as much about technology as I do about rap music. :)”
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Ben Stucki said...
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“My favorite part is where he interviews the actual developer. Around the 2:50 mark the interviewer asks, "So what have some of the challenges been in learning Silverlight?", and then they cut to a different answer. Awesome.”
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timheuer said...
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“i agree that some of the silverlight media sites might not be "wow" in UI, but that isn't always the full story right? if you are a CDN or a streaming company, you have concerns over cost of delivery of that media, etc. right now flash media server is substantially higher in cost than using media streaming services that come with windows server...now, i'll admit i doubt that was what was on ice cube's mind...”
