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Microsoft's Silverlight Strategy 'Has Shifted'

Posted by Soulskill on 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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  1. Re:Thanks Apple! by GrumpySteen · · Score: 0, Troll

    Apple didn't kill DRM. Music from the iTunes store continued to be laden with DRM for more than a year after Amazon's DRM-free MP3 store opened. It was only after Amazon took away about 10% of the MP3 market that Apple removed DRM and that was only done in order to remain competitive.

    Thanks Amazon! Without you, we'd still be stuck choosing between piracy, buying CDs to rip to MP3s or buying DRM-laden MP3s that could only be played on iPods.

  2. Re:Silverlight, we barely knew ye.. by Rogerborg · · Score: 0, Troll

    Let me speak plainer: don't have Silverlight, never, ever needed Silverlight, don't know what Silverlight is, don't care. Plainest of all: Suck. My. Balls. Ballmer.

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