Kevin Tofel picks up on the impressive Mix07 keynote demo that showed a mobile device running a series of Major League Baseball feeds–all built around Silverlight. The technology combination is a natrual one: Silverlight on mobile devices. I expect as Silverlight matures we’ll see more of this. Kevin appreciates the significance of the technology duo too.
Kevin says: “This situation reminds me of this year’s CES: much of the Vista air left the CES bubble when Apple announced the iPhone….and they weren’t even there. The Silverlight announcement at Mix07 comes before the Apple WWDC and I can’t help but wonder if Apple and other feel like Microsoft must have at CES.”
I had a similar thought at the time and it wasn’t exactly that Apple was getting overshadowed. It was that the news stepped all over MEDC. Others that are attending both conferences thought the same thing. The most common refrain: Everyone at MEDC should have been at the Mix keynote. One strong example of the overlap between the conferences and another reason why the two conferences should have shared resources.