Microsoft is consistently inconsistent in these matters. http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2010/11/02/the-reports-of-silverlights-death-have-been-greatly-exaggerated/
WP7 is a problem for them with Silverlight. They can't kill Silverlight without killing the phone. Given that Nokia is now a partner on their phones, they can't even really just kill Silverlight without some outside input. On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 2:39 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: > Interesting. MSFT has got a rather inconsistent message going, then. I > know I've read a piece somewhere that said they were deprecating it. > > And we all know how tech writers always get their facts straight... > > On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 11:24, Jonathan Link <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Not really (killing Silverlight). > > Or at least that's my understanding from a vendor who is providing a > service > > based on Silverlight. > > As far as I can tell, they're just not trying to make it a substitute for > > Flash. > > > > On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 2:15 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 11:01, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Steven Peck <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> It makes add-ons unavailable to IE in the 'metro' mode. It does > allow > >> >> them > >> >> when you are launch IE from the desktop view. > >> > > >> > Still, if Metro becomes the success that Microsoft obviously hopes > >> > it does, that amounts to much the same thing. > >> > > >> > Of course, I have to ask: Is Silverlight also unavailable in Metro > IE? > >> > > >> > -- Ben > >> > >> Why would it be? They're MSFT is killing Silverlight in favor of > >> HTML5, aren't they? > >> > >> Kurt > >> > >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > >> > >> --- > >> To manage subscriptions click here: > >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > >> or send an email to [email protected] > >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > >> > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > --- > > To manage subscriptions click here: > > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > > or send an email to [email protected] > > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
