Microsoft To Release Silverlight 2

Although Silverlight is only a year old, Microsoft claims one in four consumers has access to a computer with Silverlight on it Microsoft’s Silverlight 2, the latest plank in the company’s rich Internet applications development platform, makes its formal debut Tuesday. Although Silverlight is only a year old, Microsoft claims one in four consumers has access to a computer with Silverlight on it. It says penetration in some countries approaches 50% and that its ecosystem includes 150 partners and “tens of thousands of applications.” Of course virtually every computer in the world has Adobe’s rival, Flash, on it but Silverlight 2 is supposed to shorten Flash’s lead – Microsoft is even contemplating getting it on iPhone someday should Apple ever smile on browser plug-ins, which would be a real poke in the eye for Flash. Steve... [read full story]