![]() This by no means should be interpreted as Silverlight not being important. One of the things we as a company are working hard on is making sure we have the best browser and HTML5 implementation on Windows devices through the great work we are doing with IE9. If people want to have maximum reach across * all* devices then HTML will provide the broadest reach (this is true with HTML4 today - and will eventually be true with HTML5 in the future). ![]() This is true for any single runtime implementation - whether it is Silverlight, Flash, Java, Cocoa, a specific HTML5 implementation, or something else. Where our strategy has shifted since we first started working on Silverlight is that the number of Internet connected devices out there in the world has increased significantly in the last 2 years (not just with phones, but also with embedded devices like TVs), and trying to get a single implementation of a runtime across all of them is no longer really practical (many of the devices are closed platforms that do not allow extensibility). You’ll see even more focus on these areas in future Silverlight releases. These are not new areas but rather core things we’ve always focused on with Silverlight and are the primary scenarios customers use it for today. The “strategy shift” comment he made in the interview was intended to be about us increasing our focus on the above three areas as key scenarios where we think we can really differentiate and add a ton of value with Silverlight. Media Solutions – Silverlight will continue to pioneer premium media capabilities and experiences.Apps that run on Devices - Silverlight is now the client programming model for Windows Phone and Windows Embedded (which includes things like TVs).Client Apps (both inside and outside the browser) - with a particular emphasis on enterprise business applications.In his blog post he expanded more to discuss some of the core areas we are focusing on with Silverlight going forward: Silverlight is a core application development platform for Windows, and it’s the development platform for Windows Phone. ![]()
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