Thursday, 13 March 2008

Microsofts Silverlight Distribution Campaign

The next time you want to download something from Microsoft (not that I ever do WANT to), you will find that you are encouraged to try the new 'downloads' site.
Guess what web technology this site uses? Silverlight.
Now if at some point in the future Microsoft provide this new site in Silverlight format only then that means there will be a huge take up of their technology.
How can Microsoft rule the web? Not by creating decent standards based web browsers but by forcing users to use their proprietary software.