[dirGames-L] [OT] XAML

[Rasmus Keldorff]

> I've been looking at ways to allow Endogine to be an XAML authoring tool,
> and maybe that's what MM is about to do, in regards to MS being present at
> the conference - they're adapting Flash to support XAML, securing it's
> future not as a player and file format, but as a tool? That seems like the
> most probable conclusion to me.

Jonas,

(XAML = Sparkle)

that makes sense, although I would think that Macromedia's strategy is
rather to back both horses -- Sparkle AND Flash. It may well be that
Macromedia also has identified Sparkle as the Flash-killer that everyone
seems to think it is, or at least that it's a very serious threat. On the
other hand, do you think it's likely that MS will come up with an authoring
tool to rival Flash/Director? MS truly, deeply, does not understand the
creative mind. In my mind, Sparkle only becomes the Flash-killer if someone
steps up with a creative-friendly authoring tool for it... and who better to
step up than Macromedia itself? Adobe/Macromedia cannot afford to let Flash
die at the hands of MS. So, they cannot afford to ignore Sparkle. Neither
can they afford to ONLY back Sparkle as the next Flash-wrapper; they MUST
keep backing Flash as well, attempting to make it competitive. This is the
only path that makes business sense.

Just my 2c.

/rasmus