Microsoft's Silverlight Strategy 'Has Shifted'

Posted by Soulskill on Friday October 29, 2010 @10:30AM from the writing-on-the-wall dept.

An anonymous reader writes "It looks like Microsoft might finally be realizing that Silverlight can't cover every platform, according to this conversation with Bob Muglia: '... when it comes to touting Silverlight as Microsoft’s vehicle for delivering a cross-platform runtime, "our strategy has shifted," Muglia told [ZDNet]. Silverlight will continue to be a cross-platform solution, working on a variety of operating system/browser platforms, going forward, he said. "But HTML is the only true cross platform solution for everything, including (Apple's) iOS platform," Muglia said.'"

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Thanks Apple! by nine-times · 2010-10-29 10:46 · Score: 5, Interesting

Yet again, we all benefit from the fact that Steve Jobs is an asshole. His refusal to adopt WMA or license FairPlay killed DRM in the music industry, and now his refusal to allow Flash/Silverlight is pushing Internet standards forward.
What's next? Video? Can we get a real TVoIP system to kill cable? DRM-free movie/TV purchases?