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Silverlight On the Way To Linux

Posted by timothy on from the howl-at-the-moonlight dept.

Afforess writes "For the past two years Microsoft and Novell have been working on the 'Moonlight' project. It is a runtime library for websites that run Silverlight. It should allow PCs running Linux to view sites that use Siverlight. Betanews reports 'In the next stage of what has turned out to be a more successful project than even its creators envisioned, the public beta of Moonlight — a runtime library for Linux supporting sites that expect Silverlight — is expected within days.' Moonlight 2.0 is already in the works."

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  1. Re:What a surprise... backhanded support by theaveng · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Realistically, how many viewers did he lose? 1000? Not very many people use Linux..... its total number is probably less than the number of people who used the Commodore Amiga OS back in the day..... and the Amiga OS ultimately died. (Yes I know a few diehards like me still use it, but for all practical purposes, it's on its deathbed.) Not supporting Linux is not going to seriously harm webowners.

    What I'd really like to see is Apple port its Macintosh OS X over to the IBM PC hardware - give us an alternative that actually has a chance of overthrowing the Microsoft WinOS monopoly.

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  2. Re:What a surprise... backhanded support by MrHanky · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Oh, come on. Apple has gone into the fashion business with the iPods and iBooks and whatnot. Maybe, just maybe, MARKETING is a bit more successful at getting a following from the average consumer than a bunch of arrogant nerds?

  3. Re:People wonder why pro-OSS types have a bad rep. by Vexorian · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    They are not fucking being nice, for god's sake... They want to make the web 100% MS dependent, and then they will OBVIOUSLY pull the plug out of moonlight, not to say that you need to use SLED if you want moonlight legally (And this comes from MS and Novell reps' mouths).

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  4. Re:People wonder why pro-OSS types have a bad rep. by Vexorian · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yeah, they aren't basic rights anymore just because your companies have managed to make a right of theirs to screw consumers, now you have turned respecting the users into a generous act, good. And a moron gave you insightful, grats.

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  5. Re:What a surprise... backhanded support by shutdown+-p+now · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Depending on what you want to do, Mono already works, today.

    So much for "never", then.