14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft's Silverlight technology has had quite a busy period lately, considering the fact that the Redmond company has announced recently that it has been included in the newly released to manufacturing Windows Embedded CE 6.9 R3, and that the technology has also been ported to Intel's Moblin platform, the operating system the chip maker has recently showcased as a client option for its Atom-based devices.
“Additionally, operating system support for Microsoft Silverlight will be expanded to include Moblin early next year. Moblin is an open-source operating system project for netbooks, handhelds, smartphones and in-car computers. Using Silverlight’s cross-platform foundation, developers will be able to write applications once and have them run on Windows and Moblin devices, expanding the reach of Silverlight applications to more devices and consumers, and thus demonstrating the continued push into PC, TV and phone,” Intel stated in a press release.
The Santa Clara-based chip vendor announced at IDF (Intel Developer Forum) that Silverlight would receive support on its Atom-based devices, and that the collaboration between the two companies was focused mainly on delivering an enhanced experience to end users. At the same time, the Silverlight team said that Intel’s Atom Developer Program would support the technology, and that developers should also consider it a preferred client runtime due to its support on Intel Atom-powered products.
The Silverlight team also noted: “Today, during her keynote at IDF, Renee James, Intel’s corporate vice president and general manager of Intel’s Software and Services Group and Ian Ellison-Taylor, our general manager for Client Platforms and Tools announced the collaboration. They also showed IIS Smooth Streaming on Atom-based devices running both Windows 7 and Moblin, demonstrating what developers and end users have to look forward to.”
Other industry leaders also announced their support for the Silverlight technology, and the developer team behind the technology seems pretty excited by the fact that their solution will move beyond personal computers. Linux-based PCs already have the opportunity to enjoy the technology through Moonlight, the result of a collaboration with Novell, and it seems that other opportunities will also be opened for developers using the Silverlight runtime.