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Silverlight Released, Linux Version Coming

Posted by kdawson on from the yet-another-plug-in dept.

Today Microsoft announced the release of Silverlight 1.0 for Windows and Mac OS X. This cross-browser, cross-platform browser plug-in is fully supported and competes directly with Adobe Flash. Included in this release was the promise from Microsoft to support the 100% compatible Linux version, called Moonlight.

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  1. Re:What can posibly happen... by 808140 · · Score: 5, Informative

    MS didn't produce Moonlight. The Mono guys did. MS may try some patent-fu, but at the very least the code is out there. I personally don't respect software patents enough to abide by them anyway.

  2. Re:Itsatrap. Here is why: by miguel · · Score: 5, Informative

    Acording to CNet (http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9769714-7.html): Version 1.1 will be announced in may, and will be tightly integrated with .NET. Game over. Mono can't keep up.


    Actually, Moonlight as of today already integrates with Mono, already exposes all of the Silverlight 1.1 API and already runs most of the samples on the net (modulo a lot of bugs ;-)

    Miguel.