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    • Microsoft's Silverlight and Adobe's Apollo: Web-Killer 2.0 [view article]
      Adobe Apollo is not a browser plugin. As a matter of fact, it doesn't even run in a browser or have any browser dependencies at all. It is a runtime, as I believe SilverLight is as well. There's a massive distinction between the two. Just as Java is a runtime.

      Apollo IS cross platform. It will run on any Mac, Linux or PC with the Apollo runtime installed. Remember that Apollo is still alpha and therefore all platforms may not be supported, yet. This goes beyond traditional coding languages. Try running a C++ app you wrote for Windows on a Linux or Mac machine.

      I can't speak for SilverLight, but Apollo is accessible. If you had ever used it you know that you have the option to build the application for accessibility. Also, IT'S AN APPLICATION. Would you want all your desktop apps to be indexed by a search engine ? There's massive differences between a desktop application & Internet applications and a web site.

      Here are the facts about Apollo:

      It is cross-platform and will run on any system with the Apollo runtime installed
      It is based on Flash 9 and therefore is accessible, even tightly integrating with Text-to-Speech apps
      It is a desktop application development platform, not a web site builder.
      Apollo applications are based upon Flex 2. Even Flex 2 apps can be made SEO , but why? They are APPLICATIONS. Not websites. As a general rule there is very little, if any, content to be indexed. I can't think of a single Flex app I would want indexed by a search engine.

      Frankly, Carl has proven his lack of knowledge or willingness to learn about Web 2.0 technologies and facts and therefore should not be looked at as an expert in Internet technologies.       May 07 10:21 AM
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