From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 17 05:00:36 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A96A416A404 for ; Tue, 17 Apr 2007 05:00:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from almarrie@gmail.com) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.244]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 218EB13C489 for ; Tue, 17 Apr 2007 05:00:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from almarrie@gmail.com) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id c24so2145653ana for ; Mon, 16 Apr 2007 22:00:35 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=FZJNgWWVtiV3CHRkJZwNktx9rYhTfctDL+4JQ/Je/f1MO4Iaq0TZgYWQv9o1/pT6xwSbR0Ta7cSdpL/2dKSP3kGpxns8HMUVWCDF/abkiY5pXEE3Fp7gj1bSMd2SOGC+IL9Ux4yEzU/Tf6UtH8MXPj8OGkoWNxRh5ucu723xQ0w= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=nIyxjBvL97qP1QgV7OJQ96o+xK0tZ7rWwqpKsH1CAsghS1vthLiyGXW2Yk/5z9G71wx1Do91tiBWT34b5LbgSVNoJUFLnhU37yfvLbG1l0icfh1MbYocyBQBaVzwmqcKH65aYLZFLNQ/4+k5XknqZrlSmLn1Qe6MzdiA8Nngwj4= Received: by 10.100.10.20 with SMTP id 20mr5106605anj.1176786035169; Mon, 16 Apr 2007 22:00:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.100.14.13 with HTTP; Mon, 16 Apr 2007 22:00:30 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <499c70c0704162200s15b0bf28oa939100c19c34b44@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 08:00:30 +0300 From: "Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri" To: "FreeBSD Questions" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: MS, Adobe competition heats up, Will Adobe wake and port Flash to BSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 05:00:36 -0000 Microsoft's answer to Adobe Systems' Flash Player has an official name--Silverlight--and a coveted target audience: media and entertainment companies bringing video to the Web. On Monday at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show in Las Vegas, Microsoft launched Silverlight, a Web browser plug-in for playing media files and displaying interactive Web applications. Silverlight, which has been under development for at least two years, is a player that can display Web applications on both Windows and the Mac in Internet Explorer, Firefox or Safari. The download of the player will be less than 2 megabytes. Like Flash, it has accompanying development tools for both designers and software developers. http://news.com.com/Microsoft+sheds+light+on+Flash+rival/2100-1012_3-6176022.html --- I wonder why Adobe didn't make Native Flash Player for FreeBSD and BSD as well up to now? since we know MS doesn't port such app to Unix in general. Porting Flash to more OSes will sure will make adobe beats MS when it comes to web media. -- Regards, -Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri Arab Portal http://www.WeArab.Net/