At this point I think that is in Microsoft's best interest to have SilverLight become ubiquitous.
It is clear from following all the Silverlight discussions that the cross platform aspect of the technology is one of its key drivers.
In order for the technology to be a success, it has to be everywhere. Killing Moonlight would be shooting themselves in the foot.
I do not think the big database vendors are worried.
The point that the workload should drive the storage architecture is well taken.
I am sure the major Database vendors (Microsoft, Oracle, etc) have active research in these areas.
In the mean time for most conventional applications the current crop of products serve well.
Also there is a lot of work being done to add kewl new features to the existing products.
The FileStream datatype is pretty cool.
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At this point I think that is in Microsoft's best interest to have SilverLight become ubiquitous. It is clear from following all the Silverlight discussions that the cross platform aspect of the technology is one of its key drivers. In order for the technology to be a success, it has to be everywhere. Killing Moonlight would be shooting themselves in the foot.
I am sure the major Database vendors (Microsoft, Oracle, etc) have active research in these areas.
In the mean time for most conventional applications the current crop of products serve well. Also there is a lot of work being done to add kewl new features to the existing products. The FileStream datatype is pretty cool.