Re: Silverlight?

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is she on Microsofts payroll or just have a lot of stock??

bob

On Fri, 16 Mar 2012, Jomegat wrote:

> Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:38:25 -0400
> From: Jomegat <[email protected]>
> Reply-To: Support list for open source software in schools.
>     <[email protected]>
> To: Support list for open source software in schools. <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Silverlight?
> 
> Even Microsoft is giving it the heave-ho.
>
> She doesn't care about Silverlight.  She cares about some web app she found 
> that uses it.
>
> I've already taken the "no" path with Shockwave, and it did indeed make shock 
> waves.  I very nearly lost my LTSP install over it.
>
> If I keep saying "no" to everything she asks for, it will strengthen the 
> position that "LTSP can't do everything I need."  In other words, I could win 
> all the battles and lose the war.
>
> I'm sure she will continue to find applications out there that require 
> Shockwave, Silverlight, Windows, and who knows what else.  I try to find 
> replacements when I say no, but those are never as satisfying (to her) as 
> saying yes.
>
> I want to reserve "no" for things that really can't be done.
>
> On 03/16/2012 11:45 AM, Christian Einfeldt wrote:
>> Tell the teacher thatt silverlight is a corner case technology which
>> never became mainstream and is being abandoned by its few adopters, such
>> as NBC, which is giving it the heave ho
>> 
>> On Mar 16, 2012 8:26 AM, "Jomegat" <[email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>>     Hi all,
>> 
>>     Our teacher has requested that I install SilverLight on the K12
>>     server.  I assume I'd have to use Mono's version instead, but before
>>     I even start down that path... should I?
>> 
>>     How does it perform on an LTSP system?  I'm running the EL6 version
>>     on an x86_64 server.  Flash sometimes weighs down the network, as I
>>     have only 100Mbit links between the clients and the switch (but the
>>     server uses a gigE link).
>> 
>>     So should I bite the bullet or run away screaming?
>> 
>>     --
>>     Jim Thomas            Principal Applications Engineer  Bittware, Inc
>>     [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>>     http://www.bittware.com (603) 226-0404 x536
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>>     "And" is a word that should never be used at the beginning of a
>>     sentence.
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