Comments on: Is Silverlight Necessary To Run Office 14 For Web? http://www.off14.com/is-silverlight-necessary-to-run-office-14-for-web/ What was once Microsoft Office 14 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:41:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Ciaran Murphy http://www.off14.com/is-silverlight-necessary-to-run-office-14-for-web/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Ciaran Murphy Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:50:26 +0000 http://www.off14.com/?p=54#comment-57 Huh? Silverlight is far more open that flash/flex. Firstly is uses whatever language you want, IronPython, Ruby and C#, which is itself open source. Microsoft have released the source to the framework libraries. In common with Adobe the plugin is closed source (but for both commercial and security reasons that's to be expected). I certainly have no problem installing it if it gives me access to sites or applications similar to flex/air apps. As for websites... well that's up to the designers. If they deem it to be useful then you'll probably have to get it too. Huh? Silverlight is far more open that flash/flex. Firstly is uses whatever language you want, IronPython, Ruby and C#, which is itself open source. Microsoft have released the source to the framework libraries. In common with Adobe the plugin is closed source (but for both commercial and security reasons that’s to be expected).

I certainly have no problem installing it if it gives me access to sites or applications similar to flex/air apps.

As for websites… well that’s up to the designers. If they deem it to be useful then you’ll probably have to get it too.

]]> By: Richard Bell http://www.off14.com/is-silverlight-necessary-to-run-office-14-for-web/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Richard Bell Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:19:54 +0000 http://www.off14.com/?p=54#comment-21 Here we go again, Microsoft is just a monopolizer! Push their own closed, hidden code, use our not available source code, is their only way to us, you and I, to use their products... Nobody wants or need Microsoft's silverlight, especially just to view a website and most certainly to use another one of Microsoft's software products... Everyone can clearly see through all of this... another feeble attempt to lock us into their products alone... Here we go again, Microsoft is just a monopolizer! Push their own closed, hidden code, use our not available source code, is their only way to us, you and I, to use their products… Nobody wants or need Microsoft’s silverlight, especially just to view a website and most certainly to use another one of Microsoft’s software products…

Everyone can clearly see through all of this… another feeble attempt to lock us into their products alone…

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