Any day now, details of IE8 will begin to emerge and my question will have a black and white answer. Until then though, I'm free to speculate about the best way for Microsoft getting Silverlight to the masses. Right now, I don’t see how else they could get quick adoption with minimal effort. For those who are scratching their heads at this point, Silverlight is essentially a Web-based version of Microsoft's Windows Presentation Foundation, the user-interface framework in Windows Vista. In other words, Silverlight is Microsoft’s answer to Flash (see, it is possible not to say Flash killer). The technology is backed by Microsoft’s .Net Framework; designers can use Microsoft Expression Studio and developers can use Microsoft Visual Studio to put together Silverlight applications for the interactive web. Those interested can choose from various languages, including JavaScript, Ruby, Python, C# and Visual Basic .NET.
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