Via the Cross-Platform CLR.
Honestly I think the way the CLR was designed was intended for cross platform from the start. Maybe this is me being a "sucker" for M$'s schemes or too optomistic
Sure, M$ would like to have the OSopoly forever but some of their employees have got to be realistic people.
And you are not limited to a single platform to develop on although it is currently difficult to do so on a platform other than Windows:)
And Silverlight 2.0 will be available on Mac (and, via third party, Linux).
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I guess no news really is good news to most of us?
Via the Cross-Platform CLR. Honestly I think the way the CLR was designed was intended for cross platform from the start. Maybe this is me being a "sucker" for M$'s schemes or too optomistic Sure, M$ would like to have the OSopoly forever but some of their employees have got to be realistic people.
I got the intent of your remark, but in an effort to fully disclose:
.NET languages; you can use any of 4 scripting languages. In fact Silverlight 1.0 (which the post you replied to is bemoaning) is actually more restricted than 2.0 because it is not able to use .NET languages. Don't complain about options!
.NET framework libraries will be available.
:)
Silverlight isn't open source, but you are not restricted to
Also, although still not open source, the source code for
And you are not limited to a single platform to develop on although it is currently difficult to do so on a platform other than Windows
And Silverlight 2.0 will be available on Mac (and, via third party, Linux).