This year's Mix conference in Las Vegas can be summed up succinctly: Silverlight. Microsoft clients ranging from Netflix to Major League Baseball use the event to demo how they plan to use the video-streaming technology. Take a look.
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Netflix uses Silverlight technology for new experiences
Online DVD rental powerhouse Netflix takes the stage at the Mix '07 conference to demonstrate an impressive array of ways to use Silverlight, Microsoft's new video-streaming technology, to watch movies on a personal computer.
May 2, 2007
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Major League Baseball touts future multimedia offerings
Representatives of Major League Baseball's multimedia department show off their current capabilities with live games using Microsoft's new Silverlight technology, giving a peek into the future of live games on phones.
May 1, 2007
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Web developers sound off on Silverlight
CNET News.com's Martin LaMonica chats with software professionals to get their thoughts on Microsoft's new Silverlight plug-in.
We've heard this all before. Microsoft will shove this down everybody's throat. Then when it's wormed its way into the very fabric of the internet Ballmer will pull the pin on the grenade. Oh, and it's cross-platform too! Right. Of course it will only "sort of" work on non-Windows systems (read Mac and Linux). The most useful features will be (long drum roll here) Windows Only!
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Netflix uses Silverlight technology for new experiences 
Major League Baseball touts future multimedia offerings 
Web developers sound off on Silverlight 
everybody's throat. Then when it's wormed its way into the very
fabric of the internet Ballmer will pull the pin on the grenade.
Oh, and it's cross-platform too! Right. Of course it will only "sort
of" work on non-Windows systems (read Mac and Linux). The
most useful features will be (long drum roll here) Windows Only!
How utterly predictable they are.