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Mono Coders Hack Linux Silverlight in 21 Days

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the break-out-the-red-bull-and-go-go-go dept.

Etrigoth writes "After the recent announcement of Silverlight by Microsoft at their Mix event in Vegas, Miguel de Icaza galvanised his team of developers in the Mono group at Novell to create a Linux implementation, a so-called 'Moonlight'. Remarkably, they achieved this in 21 Days. Although they were first introduced to Silverlight at the Las Vegas Mix, de Icaza was invited by a representative of Microsoft France for a 10 minute demonstration at the Paris Re-Mix 07 keynote conference, should they have anything to show.
Joshua, a blogger for Microsoft has confirmed that the Mono team did not know anything about Silverlight 1.1 before its launch. Other members of this team have blogged about this incredible achievement, Moonlight hack-a-thon. It's worth noting from a developer perspective that Moonlight is not Mono and doesn't require Mono to work"

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  1. Did you watch it? by encoderer · · Score: 0, Troll

    That wasn't a Video Player. It was a VIDEO EDITOR.

    Assuming that you could even write that app in ActionScript it would KILL your browser. But more on point, the real power there is that you have the entire .Net technology stack available to you. That's the largest library ever shipped with a language.

    When it comes down to it, ActionScript is an ECMA variation. I, for one, would not want to write a f'in VIDEO EDITOR in what amounts to JavaScript with an integrated UI layer.

  2. Re:Wonderful by WhiteFluffyChest · · Score: 1, Troll

    You may be right about the release dates, but I have not seen any Silverlight alphas or betas about on the web. I also haven't seen anyone except MS getting excited about it.

    If Silverlight was going to be big, it would be out and about in beta form and used by many websites by now.

    I'm absolutely sure Silverlight it nothing to worry about. Just let it pass and die out. Or just let MS flog it like at a dead horse.

    I advise not to get involved with developing it. If you do, MS will only release a newer and updated version for you to "hack". Such a waste of time!

    I remember all the hype about Wild Tangent.