Hello, are there any plans for Microsoft to port Silverlight to the Linux platform? I have Linux on my other hard drive, and it would be really great to have Silverlight on Linux. [:)]
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The last answer I heard on this was "if there is demand we will build it". Or something like that. So I'm assuming if Silverlight is successfull (which is seems to be so far) then it will be extended to other platforms.
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As cool as silverlight is, I need a open sourced version so I can plug Silverlight support into my projects. I simply can't use closed web technology without alienating too many clients.
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Silverlight for Linux?
May 01, 2007 02:28 AM | LINK
Hello, are there any plans for Microsoft to port Silverlight to the Linux platform? I have Linux on my other hard drive, and it would be really great to have Silverlight on Linux. [:)]
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Nothing like it.
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Re: Silverlight for Linux?
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The last answer I heard on this was "if there is demand we will build it". Or something like that. So I'm assuming if Silverlight is successfull (which is seems to be so far) then it will be extended to other platforms.
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Re: Silverlight for Linux?
May 02, 2007 10:06 PM | LINK
Microsoft must begin to create a version for Linux, because Adobe already has a linux player.
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Re: Silverlight for Linux?
May 04, 2007 01:57 PM | LINK
Don't forget about FreeBSD! We're always being overlooked. [^o)] But at the least, a Linux player would be nice. At least we could run it as a second-class app on FreeBSD using linux binary compatibility. [:|]
Adobe is porting Flash Player 9 to Solaris now too, FWIW.
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Re: Silverlight for Linux?
May 04, 2007 02:48 PM | LINK
+1 on the Linux support. I have a large number of users that run Linux and I really couldn't afford to ignore them.
cime63
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Re: Silverlight for Linux?
May 04, 2007 03:53 PM | LINK
I don't think MS will support for Linux.
BUt I like LInux.
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Re: Silverlight for Linux?
May 04, 2007 04:43 PM | LINK
There do indeed seem to be plans to port it to Linux. Miguel de Icaza, the head of Mono, has already announced plans to do so:
http://linux.slashdot.org/linux/07/05/03/2033219.shtml
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Jan 24, 2008 04:03 AM | LINK
As cool as silverlight is, I need a open sourced version so I can plug Silverlight support into my projects. I simply can't use closed web technology without alienating too many clients.
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Re: Silverlight for Linux?
Jan 24, 2008 02:52 PM | LINK
Looks like .NET (and its nodes) implementation on linux is left to Mono Team.
Silverlight implementation on Linux is also executed under mono, which is called "Moonlight"
you can find it at http://www.mono-project.com/Moonlight
I feel its a clever move by Microsoft.
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