A Silverlight version of Powerpoint? Maybe..

I got an email the other day, by Netikatech.com in which they announced a "Powerpoint Like Demo".     "...The
interface of this demo is very close to the well known MS PowerPoint
application. It is possible to move the pictures, edit the text areas
and almost all the items of the View menu are implemented. Have a look at our demo page!.       The source code of the demo is available here..."This is a classic example of a potential RIA's beginning in the
wild. Although it's in primitive format and obviously there is more to
be done, it does produce strong hints in how Office Live could end up down the road. RIA isn't about spitting out a branded microsite like solution (i.e. http://nikeplus.nike.com/nikeplus/) and labeling
it RIA? it's about producing solutions that empower end users to take
desktop like experience and utilize the same or similar concepts, via a
middle tiered environment such as Silverlight.  Silverlight is
gaining momentum in the .NET community day by day, and it's also
encouraging to see folks in the Adobe/Macromedia community embrace the
technology. Clearly it's something folks are looking to the horizon for
and are keen to see it push Microsoft based solutions into the next
evolution of the web.  Rich Interactive Applications (RIA) have
yet to reach full maturity, but as technology progresses, we just may
see it replace desktop centric solutions such as Powerpoint, which in
the end is ideally suited for a Rich Web experiences (which can easily
lead to Rich Device / Rich PC experiences).
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