Rod Paddock

OT: SilverLight 2.0 = iPhone SDK

Maybe it's just a coincidence but I am thinking its not.

I am at MIX 08 in Las Vegas and am eagerly awating today's keynote with Steve Ballmer and Guy Kawasaki.

Funny thing is the whole timing of it all....

1. Apple's iPhone SDK Meeting is at 1:00pm Pacific

2. MIX 08 Keynote is at 1:00pm Pacific.

3. Guy Kawasaki is the former evangelist for Apple. Heck he started the whole software/hardware platform concept.

4. Silverlight is a full functioned player on the Apple.

5. Steve Jobs hates Flash http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/03/jobs_flash_not.html

We got to see that Silverlight is a player in the Nokia space. Will we be developing iPhone and iTouch apps with Silverlight? As the Apple ad's say: Imagine....

UPDATE: Oh Well! It was a fun thought for a few hours in any case.

crossposted from blog.dashpoint.com

Published Mar 06 2008, 09:08 AM by Rod Paddock [MVP]

Comments

Ryan Cromwell said:

What are you smoking? That's just crazy talk.

# March 6, 2008 2:29 PM

Simone said:

Actully Apple SDK announcement was at 1:00pm East Time, not Pacific time

and it has already been announced, and will be developed with XCode and Cocoa

www.macrumors.com/.../apple-releases-iphone-sdk-demos-spore-instant-messaging

# March 6, 2008 4:06 PM

Rod Paddock [MVP] said:

Yup Ryan....

It was a fun thought for a little while!!!!!!

# March 6, 2008 4:34 PM

Matt said:

Hey Rod,

Your thoughts are really interesting, and the potential there is definitely exciting. At the moment Steve Ballmer is fielding questions at MIX08, and his answer to the question about Silverlight on the iPhone was vague, but potentially quite promising.

On your point about Steve Jobs hating Flash - I'm not sure where it says that in the article. Honestly, the fact is that because the mobile version of OSX is closer to a desktop OS than a phone OS, the only client available currently is one designed for the desktop, which the iPhone hardware is not. Jobs said that it runs "sluggishly" (a problem all Mac users have known of Flash for years, especially on PowerPC), and hinted at the need for something optimized for the iPhone platform.

Thanks for your thoughts, and let's not count Silverlight out yet - I think we're just at the forefront of web application development for mobile devices. Even, just possibly, Flash on the iPhone included.

# March 6, 2008 5:08 PM

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# March 6, 2008 10:01 PM

Simone said:

Anyway you are not completely wrong: when asked at the keynote, Balmer said that "there has not been a lot of talking"... but "not a lot" means, as with the "half full/half empty jar", that "there has been a few talking".

I bet that they will announce SL 2.0 RTM at the next WWDC in June

# March 7, 2008 6:46 AM