People aren't taking much notice of stories like this but I think they should. Because these stories represent something a lot of people have been waiting for.
Namely, we're finally getting to the point where developing Windows only apps is no longer viable.
Even Microsoft essentially knows that now. Silverlight is basically WPF for the web. It's still has limits but MS is obviously trying to get Silverlight up to speed as quickly as possible while WPF (technology which only replaced Windows Forms in the last release) seems to have been all but abandon.
Namely, we're finally getting to the point where developing Windows only apps is no longer viable.
Even Microsoft essentially knows that now. Silverlight is basically WPF for the web. It's still has limits but MS is obviously trying to get Silverlight up to speed as quickly as possible while WPF (technology which only replaced Windows Forms in the last release) seems to have been all but abandon.