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Some folks have wondered why I think it's such a bad thing that Novell is doing the Linux port of Microsoft's Silverlight, instead of well, Microsoft.
From "Novell, Microsoft Readying Moonlight":
BOSTON—Novell will be delivering a Linux-based version of Microsoft's Silverlight cross-browser, rich Internet application technology within six months.Silverlight 1.0 is out now for Windows and Mac OS X, but Linux users don't even get the 1.0 runtime for six months, and that's assuming no problems. Actually, it's Linux and Solaris users:
De Icaza said that under its agreement with Microsoft, Novell's role is to deliver a 100 percent compatible Linux version of Silverlight in the Moonlight technology, which will support the major Linux distributions. Contractually, Novell has agreed to support the top three Linux distributions, but de Icaza said the company will go beyond that to support all major Linux distributions, as well as Sun Microsystems' Solaris operating system.(As it turns out, *BSD too. Thanks Miquel for the better information!) Furthermore, what about the Moonlight 2.0, the follow-on to Silverlight 2.0?
Microsoft recently changed Silverlight 1.1 to Silverlight 2.0; following suit, Novell has done the same with Moonlight. Silverlight 2.0 is based on .Net, thus Moonlight 2.0 will feature Mono.I know I'm a pessimistic misanthrope, but how is this good by any stretch? Anyone not on Silverlight's Favored Platforms, (and considering that 2.0 is a relabled 1.1, I'm still waiting to see how long it takes Microsoft to drop Mac OS X support. The record for such things outside of the Mac BU is not good), is going to be six months to a year behind in perpetuity.De Icaza indicated that he expects Silverlight 2.0 to ship around March 2008, around the time of Microsoft's Mix '08 conference. Moonlight 2.0 will then ship anywhere between six and 12 months after Silverlight 2.0.
This is why when Microsoft, Apple, or really, any platform vendor says "That's a third party opportunity", what you should be hearing is "Anyone who wants that is fixin' to take it in the shorts."
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