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Miguel Plans Silverlight on Mono & Linux by Years End

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the how-does-miguel-get-to-be-a-vp dept.

El Lobo writes "The Mono open-source project will create a Linux version of Silverlight by the end of year, said Miguel de Icaza, a Novell vice president and head of Mono. Asked about plans for Linux, Microsoft executives have been non-committal, saying that it will depend on demand. But de Icaza, who is attending Mix, was able to commit without hesitating."

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  1. ItsATrap! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The way I see it, only Novell has a license to be releasing a Mono/Silverlight plugin with Linux. Anyone else who jumps on the bandwagon might get a nasty call from Microsoft Legal demanding that they pay up the $650 extortion fee. Or has Miguel conveniently forgotten that the XAML/WPF framework is Microsoft's proprietary technology? (For which I'm sure they have many patents and trademarks.)

    Tag: itsatrap

  2. Now we only need a name by miguel · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Sebastien Pouliot suggested we call it "Moonlight" (anagram on Mono).

    And I was thinking Silver-light in another language, bonus points if the script is good looking.

    For instance, in Arabic it would be fad-da daw' ( ) which looks cool on a large font(thanks to Hisham Bardam for the translation) although it does not roll easily. We might need some shortening.

    Miguel.