Comments for ASP.NET, C# and SQL Developer - Tim Almond http://www.timalmond.com Software and Internet Developer Mon, 27 Jun 2011 19:45:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Windows 8 by Tim http://www.timalmond.com/2011/06/windows-8/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Tim Mon, 27 Jun 2011 19:45:36 +0000 http://www.timalmond.com/?p=19#comment-5 And that's the problem with off-the-shelf large "enterprise software" solutions... you're stuck with what they give you. And that’s the problem with off-the-shelf large “enterprise software” solutions… you’re stuck with what they give you.

]]> Comment on Windows 8 by Ed http://www.timalmond.com/2011/06/windows-8/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Ed Mon, 27 Jun 2011 19:39:40 +0000 http://www.timalmond.com/?p=19#comment-4 Tim, we don't need rich content. The problem is that we may not get other new features that we want if we don't move to the newer Silverlight-based version. :-( Tim, we don’t need rich content. The problem is that we may not get other new features that we want if we don’t move to the newer Silverlight-based version. :-(

]]> Comment on Windows 8 by Tim http://www.timalmond.com/2011/06/windows-8/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Tim Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:44:42 +0000 http://www.timalmond.com/?p=19#comment-3 Hi Ed, Thanks for replying. I would suggest to anyone that going with anything based on Silverlight now is a bad idea, unless you need some sort of rich content like video or animation. Funnily enough, it seems that SAP added that in early 2010. By then, most of .net people were moving away from it. Hi Ed,

Thanks for replying.

I would suggest to anyone that going with anything based on Silverlight now is a bad idea, unless you need some sort of rich content like video or animation.

Funnily enough, it seems that SAP added that in early 2010. By then, most of .net people were moving away from it.

]]> Comment on Windows 8 by Ed http://www.timalmond.com/2011/06/windows-8/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Ed Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:27:50 +0000 http://www.timalmond.com/?p=19#comment-2 SAP wants us to move to a new version of their Business ByDesign online service that uses Silverlight in its interface. Given that we have a lot of Linux users, that is causing serious problems. SAP wants us to move to a new version of their Business ByDesign online service that uses Silverlight in its interface. Given that we have a lot of Linux users, that is causing serious problems.

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