Moonlight 1.0 hamstrung in Catch-22
Novell yesterday announced the official release of Moonlight 1.0, a project to bring Microsoft's Silverlight runtime to Linux — but can the project ever catch Microsoft's shadow?
Moonlight 1.0 was actually available on US President Obama's Inauguration Day, but before everyone runs off and starts to attempt to view Photosynth and DeepZoom Silverlight applications, be aware that Moonlight 1.0 is an analog of Silverlight 1.0; all the glitzy Silverlight demonstrations of recent months will not work.
Basically, all Moonlight 1.0 is good for is viewing online video implemented in Silverlight 1.0.
Silverlight 1.0 was released in September 2007, which puts Moonlight at almost 18 months behind Microsoft's development; and herein lies the problem I see for Silverlight/Moonlight compared to Flash on Linux.
Warning: don your asbestos suits kids, it's time to go wading in the Rich Internet Application (RIA) pool.
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