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Silverlight 2.0 Released

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the opposite-of-sun dept.

rfernand79 writes "Via Scott Guthrie's Blog for Microsoft, we find out that Silverlight 2.0 has been released. The blog post notes some interesting statistics, including the magnitude of video streamed during the Olympics and the Democratic National Convention (both using Silverlight). 'Hello Worlds' and educational links are included in the post."

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  1. Pointless by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    - Adobe bought Macromedia for Flash (amongst other things).
    - Microsoft is trying to compete with Flash.
    - Google, Apple (via MobileMe) and most programmers are pushing for a standards-based, browsers-neutral Web 2.0 approach.

    Death to Flash and to Silverlight.

  2. Mono? by argent · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    call me again when Mono has an implementation.

    Mono is the camel's nose under the tent.