Hi,
On 13/08/2009, Mark Rogers mark@quarella.co.uk wrote:
Given that I was running Firefox 3 on Ubuntu I wasn't expecting much but I clicked the "install silverlight" link anyway, and was redirected first to Microsoft and then on to the open-source Mono project and Moonlight.
I knew that Moonlight existed, but I wasn't expecting that kind of endorsement from Microsoft. If this is the kind of thing that the deal between Novell (who sponsored/developed Moonlight) and Microsoft leads to then maybe my thoughts on that process have shifted a little.
Doesn't surprise me at all.
From Slashdot sources over the years, the founder of Mono seems to
have been painted by some Slashdot readers as a Microsoft shill. Whether this is true or not, I have no idea (Slashdot commentators could have been trolling).
Besides, it's in Microsoft's best interest to move people away from Adobe Flash (which I understand to be the target competitor of Moonlight/Silverlight). If Microsoft can make it easier for Linux users to move to Silverlight, then that's one step closer to Microsoft's goal.
Srdjan