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Microsoft’s Client Landscape. Mark Quirk Silverlight, IE9, Azure Product Manager Developer & Platform Group, Microsoft. @ markqu. markqu@microsoft.com. Client Devices. Choice. Oodles. Proliferation. Toy shop. Growth. Featured PCs. Everyday. Acer Aspire 4820 Timeline X.
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Microsoft’s Client Landscape Mark Quirk Silverlight, IE9, Azure Product Manager Developer & Platform Group, Microsoft @markqu markqu@microsoft.com
Client Devices Choice Oodles Proliferation Toy shop Growth
Featured PCs Everyday Acer Aspire 4820 Timeline X Asus Lamborghini VX6 HP TouchSmart 600 PC Gateway ID49C Gateway LT25 Toshiba L635 Sony VAIO Y ConnectedCompanion Gateway LT31 HP Mini 210 Toshiba Mini NB305 Asus Eee Slate EP121 Asus Eee PC 1008 Sony Vaio P Dell Inspiron Duo Professional DellVostro V130 Toshiba Portege R705 Lenovo IdeaCentre K320 Sony Vaio Z Lenovo ThinkPad T410s MSI FX600 Lenovo ThinkPad SL410 Enterprise Lenovo ThinkCentre M90z MultiTouch HP Compaq 6005 Pro Ultra-slim Desktop HP Compaq 6000 Pro AIO Lenovo ThinkPad L412 Lenovo ThinkPad L512 Dell Latitude Z HP EliteBook 8540w Gaming Dell Studio 15 Samsung RF510 HP Pavilion Elite HPE 490t Asus G51Jx Toshiba Qosmio X505 Alienware M17x MSI Wind Top AE 2280
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Five Client Themes ? • Multiple form factors • Touch • Apps • Web Browser • Design
Client Targeting Choice • Native / DirectX – Best performance • Windows Forms - Mature • WPF - Richest • Silverlight – Cross device / platform • XNA – Immersive Games, cross device • HTML/JavaScript – Broadest reach • Native / DirectX • Windows Forms • WPF • Silverlight • XNA • HTML/JavaScript
Client Targeting Choice • All are going to be around for a long time • Choose your favourite?
Client Targeting Choice • Native / DirectX – Best performance • Windows Forms - Mature • WPF - Richest • Silverlight – Cross device / platform • XNA – Immersive Games, cross device • HTML/JavaScript – Broadest reach • Silverlight – Cross device / platform • HTML/JavaScript – Broadest reach
Silverlight Releases 2011: Release April 2011: Silverlight 5 Beta October 2010: Silverlight for Windows Phone 7 April 2010: Silverlight 4
Interoperable Site Ready HTML5 Hardware Accelerated Clean Enable a new kind of web application
Separating unstable specs from site-ready HTML5 html5labs.interoperabilitybridges.com Site-ready HTML5. Use today with confidence. • Unstable specs prototyped and rapidly iterated on within HTML5 Labs • Websockets-04 vs. -00
So… • Silverlight for Apps • HTML for cross device • Windows Azure Platform for Cloud connected • Watch this space!