Microsoft to turn off Silverlight?

When Microsoft announced that Windows 8 metro mode would not support Silverlight, I think the game was so then and in fact up.d4nt on news.ycombinator.com

Good riddance. And once again, all the companies that decided to rely on a proprietary, non standard research are going to get bitten.joelthelion on news.ycombinator.com

don't forget that much of Silverlight is based on WPF which, if you attend developer workshops for Windows 7 development, is seen as a preferred platform for client development.Spc1972 on zdnet.com

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