http://simonwillison.net/2008-01-04T12:42:35+00:00Simon Willison2008-01-04T12:42:35+00:002008-01-04T12:42:35+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2008/Jan/4/moonlight/#atom-tag

<blockquote cite="http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2008/Jan-04.html"><p>From my perspective, it is crucial for Linux to have good support for Silverlight because I do not want Linux on the desktop to become a second class citizen ever again. [...] The core of the debate is whether Microsoft will succeed in establishing Silverlight as a RIA platform or not. You believe that without Moonlight they would not have a chance of success, and I believe that they would have regardless of us.</p></blockquote> <p class="cite">&mdash; <a href="http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2008/Jan-04.html">Miguel de Icaza</a></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/linux">linux</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/microsoft">microsoft</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/miguel-de-icaza">miguel-de-icaza</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/moonlight">moonlight</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/open-source">open-source</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ria">ria</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/roberto-callahan">roberto-callahan</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/silverlight">silverlight</a></p>

2008-01-04T12:41:32+00:002008-01-04T12:41:32+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2008/Jan/4/well/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/roc/archives/2008/01/the_dark_side_o.html">The Dark Side Of The Moon</a></strong></p> Robert O’Callahan believes that Moonlight is a strategic mistake, because it gives credibility to Microsoft’s entry to a new market which they will use to “keep the competition on a treadmill”; Moonlight can also never be entirely free due to the need for a proprietary codec (VC-1) available only as a binary blob. <p><small></small>Via <a href="http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2008/Jan-04.html">Miguel de Icaza</a></small></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/binaryblob">binaryblob</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/codecs">codecs</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/microsoft">microsoft</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/miguel-de-icaza">miguel-de-icaza</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/moonlight">moonlight</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/open-source">open-source</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/roberto-callahan">roberto-callahan</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/silverlight">silverlight</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/video">video</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/wc1">wc1</a></p>

2007-06-21T11:10:47+00:002007-06-21T11:10:47+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Jun/21/implementing/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2007/Jun-21.html">Implementing Silverlight in 21 Days</a></strong></p> Absolutely incredible feat of software engineering by Miguel de Icaza and the Moonlight team. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/miguel-de-icaza">miguel-de-icaza</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/mono">mono</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/moonlight">moonlight</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/open-source">open-source</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/silverlight">silverlight</a></p>