Moonlight on Android

#1

Post by jstedfast » Fri, Apr 15, 2011, 11:43 AM UTC

Moonlight on Android
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Re: Moonlight on Android

#2

Post by SingAlong » Fri, Apr 15, 2011, 12:50 PM UTC

For those of you (like me) who didn't know about Moonlight, it's an opensource implementation of Silverlight http://www.mono-project.com/Moonlight

Re: Moonlight on Android

#3

Post by DjDarkman » Fri, Apr 15, 2011, 1:19 PM UTC

I fail to see the point to this, Silverlight was deprecated by Microsoft in favor of HTML5, end of story.

Re: Moonlight on Android

#4

Post by bad_user » Fri, Apr 15, 2011, 1:28 PM UTC

DjDarkman wrote: post #3

I fail to see the point to this, Silverlight was deprecated by Microsoft in favor of HTML5, end of story.

So apps on Windows Phone 7 are going to be built with HTML5?

Re: Moonlight on Android

#5

Post by jstedfast » Fri, Apr 15, 2011, 1:34 PM UTC

DjDarkman wrote: post #3

I fail to see the point to this, Silverlight was deprecated by Microsoft in favor of HTML5, end of story.

Microsoft announced Silverlight 5 beta at Mix11, so not as dead as you'd like to think it seems.

Silverlight is still also very heavily used for intranet apps (which is where http://www.telerik.com/ makes their money on Silverlight controls)

Re: Moonlight on Android

#6

Post by gautaml » Fri, Apr 15, 2011, 1:45 PM UTC

DjDarkman wrote: post #3

I fail to see the point to this, Silverlight was deprecated by Microsoft in favor of HTML5, end of story.

HTML5: Polluting the mind of the commoner, making them believe it's the hottest shit since slice bread and that everything else is inferior.

Re: Moonlight on Android

#7

Post by nuclear_eclipse » Fri, Apr 15, 2011, 1:53 PM UTC

I wonder whether this would allow Netflix to more easily bring their streaming video service to Android...

Re: Moonlight on Android

#8

Post by zacharypinter » Fri, Apr 15, 2011, 2:17 PM UTC

nuclear_eclipse wrote: post #7

I wonder whether this would allow Netflix to more easily bring their streaming video service to Android...

I don't believe the Moonlight guys support DRM, so it's the same situation as Netflix on Linux.

Re: Moonlight on Android

#9

Post by jstedfast » Fri, Apr 15, 2011, 2:25 PM UTC

zacharypinter wrote: post #8

nuclear_eclipse wrote: post #7

I wonder whether this would allow Netflix to more easily bring their streaming video service to Android...

I don't believe the Moonlight guys support DRM, so it's the same situation as Netflix on Linux.

Well, yes and no. From what I understand, Microsoft has been willing in the past to license their PlayReady DRM for use in embedded devices (which phones are). Will they be willing to license for Moonlight on Android? Who knows, but it's not a for-sure "no" yet. Of course, it's also not a "yes" either ;-)

AFAIK, we haven't even talked to them about it yet... this was kind of a last-minute hack for Mix11.

Re: Moonlight on Android

#10

Post by kenjackson » Fri, Apr 15, 2011, 2:56 PM UTC

jstedfast wrote: post #5

DjDarkman wrote: post #3

I fail to see the point to this, Silverlight was deprecated by Microsoft in favor of HTML5, end of story.

Microsoft announced Silverlight 5 beta at Mix11, so not as dead as you'd like to think it seems. Silverlight is still also very heavily used for intranet apps (which is where http://www.telerik.com/ makes their money on Silverlight controls)

Do you work for Telerik? Fan of their stuff.