> Even as late as 2009 or so, Silverlight tooling was bringing in money for Microsoft
Huh. It always kinda seemed like a "Microsoft's version of <...>, because Microsoft always has to compete with everything, including <...>". In this case, <...> is "Adobe Flash"
I'm curious if people have examples of what it was used for?
Looking at the Wikipedia page [1] which says
"According to statowl.com, Microsoft Silverlight had a penetration of 64.2% in May 2011. Usage on July 2010 was 53.6%, whereas as of May 2011 market leader Adobe Flash was installed on 95.3% of browsers, and Java was supported on 76.5% of browsers.[10]"
That shocked me - what was this used for, anyways?
Wikipedia goes on to say
"Silverlight was used to provide video streaming for the NBC coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing,[11] the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver,[12] and the 2008 conventions for both major United States political parties.[13] Silverlight was also used by Amazon Video and Netflix for their instant video streaming services"
If Silverlight was being used for Netflix I can see it being installed on 60%+ of browsers just from that.
Still, I'm curious - anybody have have examples of what else it was used for?
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Silverlight
Huh. It always kinda seemed like a "Microsoft's version of <...>, because Microsoft always has to compete with everything, including <...>". In this case, <...> is "Adobe Flash"
I'm curious if people have examples of what it was used for?
Looking at the Wikipedia page [1] which says
"According to statowl.com, Microsoft Silverlight had a penetration of 64.2% in May 2011. Usage on July 2010 was 53.6%, whereas as of May 2011 market leader Adobe Flash was installed on 95.3% of browsers, and Java was supported on 76.5% of browsers.[10]"
That shocked me - what was this used for, anyways?
Wikipedia goes on to say
"Silverlight was used to provide video streaming for the NBC coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing,[11] the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver,[12] and the 2008 conventions for both major United States political parties.[13] Silverlight was also used by Amazon Video and Netflix for their instant video streaming services"
If Silverlight was being used for Netflix I can see it being installed on 60%+ of browsers just from that.
Still, I'm curious - anybody have have examples of what else it was used for?
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Silverlight