RE: Amazon WishWatch: Data Styling in XAML

Hi Gerald,

In response to your questions, I figure I'd voice my opinion.  

> Do you think Amazon will create an improved online store using XAML?

Not in the short term.  First, XAML has to be stable, widely accepted, and
viewable on a wide number of platforms.  It doesn't make business sense to
support multiple implementations of a website.  Keep in mind that MS-XAML
doesn't work on anything other than Longhorn, so for the next 5-10 years,
that'll represent a very small percent of their Windows' user market, IMO,
and of course doesn't do anything for other OS's and browsers.

> Isn't it in Amazon's interest to create a better online shopping
experience?

Of course.  They have to respond to what their competitors are doing, and
they have to respond to customer feedback.  But they're deeply immersed in
whatever technologies they use to run their store.  XAMLizing their online
store just doesn't make business sense to me.

> Isn't it in Amazon's interest to "protect" its XAML website design and
code using DRM (digital rights management)?

I would think so.

Marc



-------------------------------------------------------
This SF.Net email is sponsored by Sleepycat Software
Learn developer strategies Cisco, Motorola, Ericsson & Lucent use to deliver
higher performing products faster, at low TCO.
http://www.sleepycat.com/telcomwpreg.php?From=osdnemail3