Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 11th Mar 2008 09:58 UTC, submitted by google_ninja
Internet & Networking Apparantly, Silverlight is doing well. It was announced [.wmv] at a MIX '08 keynote that Silverlight is being installed on internet users' machines at a rate of 1.5 million per day. Silverlight is being used in places like Netflix and to webcast over 3000 hours of the 2008 Olympic Games.
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by gonzo on Tue 11th Mar 2008 13:48 UTC in reply to "RE[2]: Microsoft update service"
gonzo
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Can Flash adjust video quality on the fly based on your connection speed? Silverlight can. It is a great feature that they demonstrated.

One more thing --- servers can be set to send only a few seconds of video in advance of your current 'position' in the stream and will stop sending the data if connection breaks. This can save a lot of bandwidth.

Just asking.

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