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Old November 10, 2003, 23:42   #1
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According to reports, Microsoft is developing a new graphics and animation toolset for its next operating system. The tool is already being referred to internally as a Flash-killer - but such claims should be taken with a pinch of salt, as much could change in the next three years.

If you can't buy them, beat them seems to be the message coming out of Microsoft. Microsoft is working on a graphics and animation toolset codenamed Sparkle, for its next operating system that integrates with the .NET runtime environment, according to reports.

Sparkle has given rise to talk inside Microsoft that it is a Flash or Director-killer, Macromedia's popular environments for creating and running rich multimedia content on PCs, devices and the web.

Reports of Sparkle have surfaced nearly a year after Microsoft was believed to be considering Macromedia for acquisition to significantly enhance Windows' scripting and graphics capabilities. Both companies refused to comment on a possible acquisition at the time.
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Old November 11, 2003, 00:18   #2
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Old November 11, 2003, 03:16   #4
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I think Microsoft's next acquisition will be cotton candy vendors.
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Old November 11, 2003, 03:21   #5
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I certainly hope they aren't planning on doing to Macromedia what they did to Netscape.

On second thought, maybe I do, when the antitrust watchdogs are staring.
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Cool, even more development tools for .NET

I only wish it was here now.
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Wow, that's really evil, Matt. Only you can think of that
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