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MS Silverlight To Stream Obama Inauguration Events

Posted by kdawson on from the open-to-most dept.

Ilgaz writes in to let us know that we will have to install MS Silverlight 2 to watch the US President's inauguration online. Everyone running Mac PPC, Linux, and FreeBSD has been left out, as there are no working Silverlight 2-capable alternatives on these systems. Here is Microsoft's press release announcing the selection of Silverlight yesterday. Streaming of various events around the inauguration begins today at the Presidential Inaugural Committee site, which touts its "inclusive and accessible" coverage.

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  1. That is your choice by coryking · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I respect your choice, but since the 95% of my traffic has a OS/Browser that can install Silverlight, I'll use Silverlight over Flash whenever possible. Why? I already own Visual Studio and I've invested a lot of time and energy to learn .NET and WPF. My bet is that this holds true for a lot of shops--it is easier to find programmers who can speak .NET/C# then can speak ActionScript.

    That doesn't mean I wont try to degrade nicely for you. Just don't expect the wiz-bang, more usable stuff to work :-)

  2. Re:Anti-competitive my rear. by pallmall1 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Mod me down if you must, but what, pray tell, is anticompetitive about Silverlight? How does it block competition?

    It's Windows ONLY, fanboy.

    --
    3 things about computers: they're alive, they're self-aware, and they hate your guts.
  3. Re:May I respectfully suggest the damn TV? by MrMista_B · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Haha, wow, you must be old. Only old people have TV's and use them for anything other than gaming. Seriously.

  4. Re:Hulu? Youtube? by onecheapgeek · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I really wish I could mod you up. Flash SUCKS. It just flat-out sucks. But my opinion apparently doesn't matter becase I'll be WORKING during the inauguration, not sitting in some dank basement railing against the injustices of the tech world not fully supporting whatever random system most of these slashtards run.