Archive for June, 2011

Microsoft buys Skype for $8.5 billion – not bad for a Delphi application!

Jun 3rd

Posted by admin in Delphi

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Skype was written in Delphi which made it easy to download to users with any Windows machine without having to worry about users having to download MB’s of java or .NET support files.

This ease of configuration from the net was one of the reasons that made Skype so popular.

It will be interesting to see what Microsoft does with it now that Google is also entering into the VOIP marketplace with its Google Voice product which uses SIP addresses (SIP technology is now in some of the new mobile phones) – Google Voice is currently only available in the US.

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Microsoft shows Windows 8 and all talk of HTML5 and none of .NET and Silverlight

Jun 3rd

Posted by admin in programming languages

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Following my last post on Microsoft’s announcement that HTML5and javascript is now their preferred cross-platform development technology and apparently leaving .NET and Silverlight for only Windows and Mac development, Microsoft unveiled Windows 8 this week and seems to be pushing for HTML5 apps as their main apps, with no mention of .NET or Silverlight.

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