I think we'll finally find out [what Sparkle is about], ... Is it Flash-like, a runtime or animation tool? It's not clear, but definitely it will compete with Macromedia and Adobe in some manner.
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We're trying to tell developers there's one unified way of building applications, ... We'll manage the process of deploying to AJAX, Flash or some future platform, so developers don't need to keep figuring out how to apply their skills to the next new thing.
We didn't come out with a lot of emotion for whatever reason, and I'm sure a lot of it had to do with [Central]. We were able to pull away in the third quarter and that gave us a little breathing room and took away the tightness.
There's some conflict there — on the one hand, you have Atlas for doing cross-platform Windows applications. On the other, you have Windows Presentation Foundation to keep developers on the (Windows) platform. It's not clear for developers, but I think the market will drive it more than Microsoft.
Mainly we learned that developers, much as they love all the new technology out there like XAML and Avalon, ... they want to build Internet applications with technology they understand today.
The announcement is a lot about messaging and a lot about focus, ... We said, 'Let's align ourselves more closely with the release schedule of Microsoft and not force developers into something they don't want to use right now.
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This quote is just one of 8 total Paul Colton quotes in our collection. Paul Colton is known for saying 'I think we'll finally find out [what Sparkle is about], ... Is it Flash-like, a runtime or animation tool? It's not clear, but definitely it will compete with Macromedia and Adobe in some manner.' as well as some of the following quotes.