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Silverlight on NIT?

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looks like silverlight might be made available for the NITs....

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Yeah, what's more interesting is how they will do it, since there's no Silverlight for Linux yet...? :)

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Microsoft has always said they would create a Silverlight for Linux but haven't produced any actual code yet. The Mono guys wrote Moonlight not long after Silverlight was released. Although the article does seem to be referring to the Microsoft version. Maybe we'll actually see a Linux version from Microsoft in the near future.

Re: Silverlight on NIT?

This would be awesome :D

Good news

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Moonlight is written by Miguel de Icaza from Novel. Since Novel and Microsoft have signed that interoperability agreement, Moonlight can probably be considered the official Linux port of Silverlight.

Microsoft Silverlight Coming to the Internet Tablet

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Nokia announced today that Microsoft Silverlight will be made available to the Symbian OS (Series 60 and 40) and to the Nokia Internet Tablets. According to Lee Williams, Nokia SVP for Devices Software:Nokia's software strategy is based on cross-platform development environments, enabling the creation of rich applications across the Nokia device range. Nokia aims to support market leading and content rich internet application environments and to embrace and encourage open innovation. By working with Microsoft, we are creating terrific opportunities and additional choices for the development community, S60 licensees and the industry as a whole.What is Silverlight?Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering next-generation media experiences and rich interactive applications. Silverlight is already powering thousands of applications around the world and organizations including Entertainment Tonight, the NBA and NBC Universal to deliver superior Web-based experiences to their customers. The arrangement with Nokia will substantially extend the reach of Silverlight by making the platform available for hundreds of millions of devices, including S60 on Symbian smartphones from a range of manufacturers, as well as Nokia Series 40 devices and Nokia Internet tablets.How do you all think will the internet tablet benefit from Silverlight?

Read the full article.

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I wonder how they are going to support silverlight 2???? via mono?

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Silverlight 2 will be native cross-platform (Mac OS and Linux included) so it's not difficult to port with official support :) And the fact that Silverlight is actually faster than Flash is pretty encouraging :)

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Frankly, I don't want ANYTHING Micro$haft on my N800.

Regards...

Omega