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Is Silverlight A Dead End?
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| Microsoft's original spin on Silverlight was
| that it "provides enhanced Web audio and
| video streaming and playback." That's still
| front-and-center with Silverlight 4.0,
| including delivery of DRM-protected content
| in dedicated devices. So Microsoft is
| certainly realistic about what people really
| do with Silverlight -- most of the time it's
| just being used as a video player. Video
| playback is a common use for Flash as well,
| but at least Flash has a decent-sized
| installed base of non-video-player
| applications.
|
| [...]
|
| Ultimately, it seems like Silverlight is
| destined to become a niche product.
| Microsoft plans to use it for Windows Phone
| 7 development, so it's not going to
| disappear. Yet it's very unlikely that
| Silverlight will (or should) be used for
| developing Internet web sites.
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http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2010/06/is_silverlight.html
Msnbc.com tries its hand at reinventing the news website
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| Gone are the narrow columns of text flanked
| by related-story boxes and banner ads. The
| news site â a partnership between Microsoft
| and NBC Universal â has an enriched video
| player, a widened text area, isolated
| slideshows, a highlighted discussion
| section, easier navigation and a layout for
| it all that's friendlier to today's visually
| demanding displays and devices.
|
| [...]
|
| Except for the fact msnbc.com's video player
| uses Adobe Flash. (Interesting, by the way,
| that it's not Microsoft Silverlight.)
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http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/212771.asp
Videos, photos the focus in MSNBC.com revamp
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| The news site operated by Microsoft and NBC
| is rolling out the biggest redesign in its
| 14-year history.
|
| [...]
|
| It's built with Adobe's Flash technology and
| not Microsoft's Silverlight "because of the
| adoption rate," Wells said, and because
| Flash video ads are standard in the ad
| industry.
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012217286_btmsnbc28.html
Recent:
Microsoft brings Silverlight to Linux
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| Novell shocked to be undermined. Everyone else points
| and laughs.
|
| So, the news is out that Microsoft is bringing real
| Silverlight to Moblin. This is not Moonlight, this is
| the real-deal Silverlight 3 in a joint effort with
| Intel for Atom-based platforms.
|
| A very interesting development.
|
| [...]
|
| Note Microsoft claims âweâ (meaning Novell and
| Microsoft) are building Moonlight. Microsoft says
| Moonlight is a Microsoft project.
|
| I whole-heartedly agree that it is a âclear extensionâ
| of Microsoftâs current efforts. That is phase 2, after
| all.
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http://www.the-source.com/2009/09/microsoft-brings-silverlight-to-linux/
Analysis: How Moonlight 2.0 Fits into Novell's Linux and Open Source Plans
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| But to critics of Novell's moves to align with Microsoft to offer Moonlight
| as a way to make Silverlight-enabled content work for Linux users, the bad
| karma continues. Instead of this being a good thing for Novell and Linux
| users, critics argue, the Moonlight project helps Microsoft maintain a
| leadership role in a development platform that only gives lip service to the
| open source community, they say.
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http://www.linux.com/news/software/applications/39062-analysis-how-moonlight-20-fits-into-novells-linux-and-open-source-
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