Better product does not always win the stage, and especially if its more expensive. Do you recall how agressively was Chrome promoted? Bundled with adobe reader, flash and lots of other software. What google/android had/has? Much better PR, access to customers, channels and completely no remorse when it comes to earning money. And windows phone was better, as was symbian or blackberry at their prime. At that time Android was not as powerfull as now, and MS had (and I believe it still has) competence, people to present a viable alternative. But I have to disagree about Windows Phone. Good point regarding silverlight vs flash. Now You: when was the last time you used a Silverlight application? It is rare to find a Silverlight application on the Internet that is still maintained and used, and most Internet users have probably not encountered one in a long while, especially since support has been limited to Internet Explorer 10/11 and Microsoft Edge in IE Mode for a long time. Most Silverlight applications that are still in use today are used by organizations and companies. The developers behind the project have relased OpenSilver 1.0 Beta recently and revealed plans to release the final version of OpenSilver 1.0 on October 12, 2021.ĭesigned specifically for companies that use legacy Silverlight applications, OpenSilver may be used to migrate legacy Silverlight applications without losing access to the application or the functionalities it provides. In 2020, the OpenSilver project emerged to provide companies with a modern Silverlight implementation based on modern technologies. The official Silverlight website will remain available, but Microsoft will remove the Silverlight installer from the website after the end of support date. Companies can continue to run Silverlight assets legally after Octoaccording to Microsoft, as the license is not tied to the continuation of support. Microsoft notes on the official FAQ page that it "is not planning to take any specific action to terminate Silverlight applications". After June 15, 2022, Microsoft Edge's IE Mode is the only official option that users have to run Silverlight applications.Īpplications that rely on Silverlight will continue to function. Internet Explorer 11, which is set to be retired on June 15, 2022, is the only browser that supports it natively. Microsoft's Edge browser does not support Silverlight, but the integrated IE Mode of the browser supports it. Silverlight is not available anymore already on Mac OS devices, and browser makers such as Google or Mozilla removed support for Silverlight in their browsers in 20 respectively. The official Silverlight hub on the Microsoft website has a banner at the top that reminds users visiting it about the upcoming end of support.
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