During the Olympics, Microsoft’s Silverlight technology was installed on over 20 million computers. Oprah uses Silverlight and Microsoft has partnered with HP to have Silverlight shipped on HP computers in the future. Microsoft seemed dedicated to spreading Silverlight 1 as far as possible this year.
Now rumors are swirling that Microsoft may be ready to release Silverlight 2 as early as next Monday.
ETA: Monday, October 13, 9 a.m. PT
Due to a press release about a conference call to be given by Scott Guthrie, Corporate Vice President of the .NET Developer Division, rumors are swirling that Microsoft will be releasing Silverlight 2 as early as next Monday. Guthrie noted that Microsoft will make “a significant announcement related to Microsoft Silverlight,” next Monday at 9 a.m. PT. It seems more than likely that the rumors could be true. A developer SDK for Silverlight 2 has already been sent out and Silverlight 2 Beta 2 was released months ago. Looks like Silverlight 2 might be ready to use.
Timetables and Changes
If the rumors are true, this would mean the timetable release for Silverlight 2 was a little off. It was expected by the Summer and it’s clearly Fall right now. Nevertheless, a list of upcoming changes has been published, which will be important for developers using Silverlight to review.
However, none of these changes will be important if many don’t use Silverlight or develop applications for the platform. So to the developers we ask, how are excited are you about Silverlight 2?
