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Bill Gates Gets Sharing...Almost
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| But wait: what do we find when go to that "free" site:
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| Clicking will install Microsoft Silverlight.
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| So it seems that this particular free has its own non-free (as in freedom)
| payload: what a surprise.
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| That's a disappointment - but hardly unexpected; Microsoft's mantra is that
| you don't get something for nothing.
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http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2009/07/bill-gates-gets-sharingalmost.html
Recent:
Times Reader 2.0: Beautiful, and Beautifully Done. But is It a Dead End?
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| Having begun my day by sniping at the New York Times, I wanted to end it by
| complimenting it: The company released version 2.0 of its Times Reader
| application today. The new version–which dumps Microsoft’s Silverlight
| platform for Adobe’s AIR–runs on Windows, OS X, and Linux, and in many ways
| it’s an impressive piece of work.
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http://technologizer.com/2009/05/12/timesreader/
MLB.com looks great on desktop Linux
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| If you visit MLB.com and look to see if you can watch baseball games over the
| Internet, you'll be informed that you'll need Windows or a Mac to watch them.
| Wrong. Any modern Linux desktop distribution will let you keep up with your
| favorite team.
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http://blogs.computerworld.com/mlb_com_looks_great_on_desktop_linux
Why baseball benched Microsoft Silverlight
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| The other major issue was that baseball considered Silverlight too unstable.
| There were some high-profile glitches, including last year’s opening day,
| which saw many MLB.com subscribers struggling to log in and others who were
| unable to watch games. The malfunctions lasted several days.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10212843-93.html?tag=newsLatestHeadlinesArea.0
Silverlight Adoption Hampered by Economic Crisis
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| Silverlight's real promise for the business customer -- to improve user
| interfaces for day-to-day applications -- has been thwarted by tightening
| budgets.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/158507/silverlight_adoption_hampered_by_economic_crisis.html?tk=rss_news
NBC dumps Microsoft’s Silverlight after Olympics; goes back to Adobe’s Flash
for NFL
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| "NBC just finished broadcasting the Olympics online with Microsoft's
| Silverlight video technology, but the network and the NFL are turning back to
| Adobe's Flash for live streaming of Sunday Night Football this fall, and
| started tonight with the season opener between the NY Giants and the
| Washington Redskins," Michael Learmonth reports for Silicon Alley Insider.
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http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/18371/
Salesforce Says No to Silverlight
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/Salesforce-says-No-to-Silverlight/
Related:
Microsoft's Silverlight Promises to Disrupt Linux Web Users
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| Just as it seemed that Linux users (especially 64-bit users) would
| finally be able to enjoy streaming content with a minimum of
| hassle, Microsoft's new Silverlight software promises to throw a
| wrench in the works. Because of sites like Google Video and
| Youtube, Flash video has become a common means of streaming
| multimedia over the Internet.
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http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry1418.html
Microsoft's 'Everywhere' excludes Linux
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| This browser add-on enables rendering of WPF content, but
| "Everywhere" doesn't include Linux.
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http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/7794/53/
ECIS Accuses Microsoft of Plotting HTML Hijack
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| An industry coalition that has represented competitors of Microsoft
| in European markets before the European Commission stepped up its
| public relations offensive this morning, this time accusing
| Microsoft of scheming to upset HTML's place in the fabric of
| the Internet with XAML, an XML-based layout lexicon for
| network applications.
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http://www.betanews.com/article/ECIS_Accuses_Microsoft_of_Plotting_HTML_Hijack/1169824569
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