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The Blurring Line Between PC and Web

Posted by kdawson on from the battle-for-hearts-and-minds dept.

The NYTimes has a feature about software development systems that move the Web offline and desktop applications online, with a focus on Adobe Air, which will be released tomorrow. The article has quotes from the developer behind Microsoft's Silverlight (he was a colleague at Macromedia of Adobe's Air guy), and from the head of the Mozilla Foundation about their online/offline offering, Prism.

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  1. Re:Translation by CarpetShark · · Score: 2, Funny

    he was a colleague at Macromedia of Adobe's Air guy


    Funny, I interpreted that as "cleaner with a camera and access to the Air guy's notes" ;)
  2. Re:Security nightmare? by Brian+Gordon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hm, that's funny it never even crossed my mind. I guess Adobe has built up such a reputation of trust over decades of reliable security that I just sort of took it for granted.

  3. Re:Security nightmare? by eldepeche · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, in fact you're the first person to be concerned about the security of online data storage.

  4. Re:Translation by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 2, Funny

    Funny, I interpreted that as "cleaner with a camera and access to the Air guy's notes" ;)

    Huh. I interpreted that as "Microsoft employee posing as a janitor with a camera and access to the Air guy's notes" or, alternatively, as "Miguel De Icaza in a janitor's suit."

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  5. Re:what does AIR/Silverlight offer that is new/bet by Corporate+Troll · · Score: 5, Funny

    what do AIR and Silverlight offer that is better than those?

    Well, they enable lock-in and generate revenue for the companies that own those technologies.

    Oh, wait... You meant for us? Nothing...

  6. Give generously, help find a cure by Dystopian+Rebel · · Score: 3, Funny

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