Star Microsoft Delivers Silverlight 1.0, Extends Support to Linux
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 5th Sep 2007 17:22 UTC, submitted by gonzo
Microsoft "Microsoft today released to the web Silverlight 1.0, a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering richer user experiences on the Web. In addition, Microsoft will work with Novell to deliver Silverlight support for Linux, called Moonlight, and based on the project started on mono-project.com."
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google_ninja
Member since:
2006-02-05

It has been the strategy of MS since the beginning to leverage control of the platform. They did it with windows, they did it with the web. We are now in an age where cross-platform APIs are a reality, I think MS genuinely wants as many people as possible on .net, wherever they are running it.

Silverlight is another example of this mentality. Porting to mac and linux is not altruism, it is the desire for all next-gen webapps to run on a microsoft controlled platform, even if that means an initial investment with no real return.

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sappyvcv Member since:
2005-07-06

How do you cache a paycheck?

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google_ninja Member since:
2006-02-05

Ok, that paycheck from Microsoft must be in your mailbox by now. Go get it, go cache it, go on a shopping spree.


If you read these comments, the only bad thing anyone has to say about this is that it comes from microsoft, and is therefor drenched in Evility. If you have an even remotely unbiased view of technology, you will see that this is downright sexy. I don't see how that puts me on microsofts payroll.

But stop already spamming with your nonsense idiotic theories and ideas.
People know better than to dump a proven and well established technology and replace it with a version 1.0 copy-cat from a monopolistic company that has a history coming out with crap products and shady business tactics just to capture market share.


Anyone using 1.0 will be early adopters. 1.1 is where the interesting stuff happens, where anything that can be done (or has already been done) in .net can be leveraged from silverlight. But regardless, we won't be seeing anything close to silverlights full potential for at least another 2-3 years.

As for coming out with crap products, you are obviously not a developer. MS has a long history of coming out with fantastic platforms and tools that quickly dominate the market, and not because of those shady business tactics you were talking about, but because of how good they are. While diehard delphi guys would crucify me for saying it, there is no rad platform that comes close to VB, and it is arguably the thing that got windows to where it is. OGL runs perfectly fine on windows, yet every game nowadays is done on directX. ASP.net kicks the pants off of stuff like php, and the only reason not to use it is that it will only run on windows servers.

I don't disagree with the shady business practices bit, but at the same time, i don't care. I'm not managing an operating system or business suite company, so it really has no effect on me. I evaluate technology based on, well, technology. This is good technology, and it fills a big gap that flash doesnt do that great a job in. That my friend, is not a troll, but the truth.

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