[UPHPU] Are we facing another standards storm?

[Timothy Humphrey]

> I find these things terribly exciting until I have to make call on  
> a tech that my company will INVEST in for the next 5 - 10 years.

I understand where you went with this paragraph. But, DUDE! Too much  
changes in 5-10 years. 10 years ago, I was writing sites for  
640x480px and 36k connections. Back then, a dynamic site or a site  
that connected to some other technology was a big deal. Back then, a  
cup of coffee cost 10 cents. Come on back! Ya have to be fluid,  
always casually learning new technology without embracing it until it  
has proven itself. Anyway, enough with that, here's what I think:

Flash is well established. Adobe is well established. Adobe is  
investing a lot of time and money in their web technology, and they  
have A LOT of horsepower. So, that's not a bad option. But it is  
proprietary.

JS/AJAX is also a good option. JS has been around for a long time.  
And AJAX is doing some good stuff on the net. Frameworks come and go,  
some stay longer I guess, but I'd embrace the underlying technology  
rather than the framework itself.

I don't give M$ much credence. They throw millions around like chips  
on a poker table. If the technology takes off, cool; if not, no  
biggie... at least for them. I'd wait till the last minute before  
embracing their technologies.

Timothy