Comments on: Strategic Blindness http://blog.sidneidasilva.com/2007/09/19/strategic-blindness/ Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:09:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Kevin Teague http://blog.sidneidasilva.com/2007/09/19/strategic-blindness/#comment-12597 Kevin Teague Thu, 20 Sep 2007 03:18:05 +0000 http://awkly.org/2007/09/19/strategic-blindness/#comment-12597 Joel! The first time I read the article I read the final summary, "Crazy story? Substitute "Google Gmail" with "Lotus 1-2-3". The NewSDK will be the second coming of Microsoft Windows; this is exactly how Lotus lost control of the spreadsheet market." I was expecting to read, "Crazy story? Substitute "Google Gmail" with "Lotus 1-2-3". The NewSDK will be the second coming of Microsoft; this is exactly how Silverlight will gain control of the RIA market." Microsoft has been schelping out a lot of "meh" of late, but Silverlight is an exception. Run Python in your browser? Manipulate the DOM from Python? A responsive, cross-platform user interface? Talks seamlessly to Ruby, Javascript and friends? That's pretty damn sexy technology. Joel! The first time I read the article I read the final summary, “Crazy story? Substitute “Google Gmail” with “Lotus 1-2-3″. The NewSDK will be the second coming of Microsoft Windows; this is exactly how Lotus lost control of the spreadsheet market.” I was expecting to read, “Crazy story? Substitute “Google Gmail” with “Lotus 1-2-3″. The NewSDK will be the second coming of Microsoft; this is exactly how Silverlight will gain control of the RIA market.”

Microsoft has been schelping out a lot of “meh” of late, but Silverlight is an exception. Run Python in your browser? Manipulate the DOM from Python? A responsive, cross-platform user interface? Talks seamlessly to Ruby, Javascript and friends? That’s pretty damn sexy technology.

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