May not be a rumor. This was on linked-in back in September: Microsoft has Abandoned Silverlight and All Other Plugins<http://www.infoq.com/news/2011/09/Metro-Plug-ins;jsessionid=5EBC349EE664AA7E1760075742333CCC> http://www.linkedin.com/news?actionBar=&articleID=773716949&ids=0Sd3ANczAOdPsIdjoOe3cOcPsTb3sNc34OcPcTdOMVd3AScjsPdPsIdP4Me34PczsT&aag=true&freq=weekly&trk=eml-tod-b-ttle-4&ut=2eFv7hofmGIQU1
Fred On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 9:30 AM, MB Software Solutions, LLC < [email protected]> wrote: > On 12/2/2011 4:11 AM, Alan Bourke wrote: > > > > > > On Thursday, December 01, 2011 6:04 PM, "MB Software Solutions General > > Account"<[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> With HTML5 and CSS being endorsed as the defacto standard to be--even by > >> Microsoft--my question is: where does that leave the Silverlight and to > >> some extent DotNet developers? > >> > > > > Rumour has it that MS are quietly intimating to dev shops that > > Silverlight 5 will be the final major release, there might be a few > > point releases after that but nothing else. > > > REALLY?!?!? WOW! I love a good rumor! :-) > > > -- > Mike Babcock, MCP > MB Software Solutions, LLC > President, Chief Software Architect > http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com > http://fabmate.com > http://twitter.com/mbabcock16 > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CAJCBkspJttVPffY6=x9qoybv2ogvqxksy9spsfbm_htf_sz...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.

