Brad Fults on Microsoft's Non-Response About XAML Licensing and Portability

Hello,

   Brad Fults comments:

   To be sure we understand the dialog that has been going back and forth, Gervase nailed 
down three points on which XUL is seemingly better than XAML either through 
interpretation from Rob Relyea's XTech presentation or lack of explanation from Relyea 
and Microsoft.

Rob Relyea said he "replied" with his blog post, but if you read his post and the comments, 
it's plain to see that he simply confirmed two of Gervase's points (portability, licensing) 
and provided absolutely no further illumination about the remaining point (localization).

In my humble opinion, this kind of dodging stinks of dubious salesmanship and should be 
left to Microsoft's PR department; not to its developers when speaking with the world 
developer community. Instead of addressing or refuting any of Gervase's points, Rob 
simply said "Hey, Avalon will be awesome for Windows!", something that can be expected 
from a shady vacuum cleaner salesman.

In general, if you don't have a rebuttal to an argument against your product, keep quiet. 
No developer wants to hear more of Microsoft's sensational marketing blabber.

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