Sunday, August 16, 2009
Microsoft Says One Third of World's PC's have Silverlight Installed; 400,000 Developers and Designers Onboard
REDMOND, WA -- Microsoft Silverlight, the new Web multimedia platform, is "one of the fastest Web plug-in's," with one third of the world's PC's having the program installed, said Chris Swenson, Senior Strategy Officer in this interview with Beet.TV at Microsoft headquarters.
He say that there are 400,000 developers and designers using Silverlight tools.
Update: Silverlight goes open source with Novell's Moonlight 2. Here's the take by Ina Fried at CNET News.com
Andy Plesser, Managing Editor
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I have read out the concern information on the Microsoft and its progress.There are 400,000 developers and designers using Silver-light tools. there are several available tools for the plug-ins and additional services.