Microsoft XAML Spec Owner Responds to XTech2005 XUL vs XAML Posting

Hello, 

  Rob Relyea - the Microsoft XAML spec owner - writes:

 Gervase Markham is attending XTech, an XML focused conference in Amsterdam.  He 
attended my talk on Avalon/XAML and had some comments.  In this post, I'll address the 
first of his three comments.

 Avalon's Motivation

 Gervase said:

"The motivation behind XAML seems to be to make it easy to write Windows applications, 
or web applications in IE."

Our goal is not JUST to make it easier to build today's applications...I'll try to clarify. 
Avalon will:

1)      Be the new presentation platform for Windows

We are building a new presentation platform for Windows that enables a whole new 
generation of applications.  It is called Avalon.  It will run on Windows XP, Windows Server 
2003, and Windows "Longhorn".  Today's Windows applications will continue to run 
compatibly.

We are working with software developers from around the world to help them build great 
new applications that can benefit from the new capabilities Avalon offers.  Many 
developers and business people are very excited by what we are building.  If we and they 
do our jobs right, users will be delighted by the applications offered in the future.