Thursday, April 07, 2011

Microsoft clarifies HTML5 v Silverlight

Microsoft has learned its lesson and, not wanting to alienate or spook its Silverlight developers yet again, has posted a carefully crafted blog post that explains its position vis-a-vis Sliverlight and HTML5.
Only a short time ago Microsoft upset a lot of developers by claiming that HTML5 was the way of the future, a fine sentiment, and that Silverlight was only for Windows Phone 7 - not such an OK thing to say. Lots of Silverlight developers were feeling a little worried that the technology that they had invested in might be about to be sidelined.

Read more: I Programmer