MS Silverlight Strategy   

Just wondering if folks agree with MS's strategy of berating at every chance 
to install the beta of Silverlight.  Is the purpose to test the installation 
process? 

Really, if there was CONTENT for silverlight, then folks would just choose 
to install.  I don't install Acrobat reader to have it - I do because there 
is a PDF I want to read.  MS seems to just want folks to have the Silverlight 
runtime.  But from what I have seen, very little of the material at MS site 
is anything but Media Player format.

date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:55:00 -0700   author:   Rob

Re: MS Silverlight Strategy   

"Rob"  wrote in message 
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> Just wondering if folks agree with MS's strategy of berating at every 
> chance
> to install the beta of Silverlight.  Is the purpose to test the 
> installation
> process?
>
> Really, if there was CONTENT for silverlight, then folks would just choose
> to install.  I don't install Acrobat reader to have it - I do because 
> there
> is a PDF I want to read.  MS seems to just want folks to have the 
> Silverlight
> runtime.  But from what I have seen, very little of the material at MS 
> site
> is anything but Media Player format.
>
>

"berating"? Do you mean something like "offering", or do you mean something 
like "browbeating"? I believe the former substitute is more accurate. Of 
course Microsoft would like as many people as possible to use Silverlight, 
and there is a fair amount of Silverlight content on some MSDN pages.

So, if you don't want to install it, don't. It's as simple as that.

date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 09:41:43 -0500   author:   PvdG42

Re: MS Silverlight Strategy   

Well if it didn't ask me every time I would not care. But seems every time I 
see a page with Silverlight, it asks me to install, and does not always work 
in Firefox...

Schneider

"PvdG42"  wrote in message 
news:ewO3VTHqIHA.4280@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> "Rob"  wrote in message 
> news:52F93532-74CA-4776-AF86-12524344AC7E@microsoft.com...
>> Just wondering if folks agree with MS's strategy of berating at every 
>> chance
>> to install the beta of Silverlight.  Is the purpose to test the 
>> installation
>> process?
>>
>> Really, if there was CONTENT for silverlight, then folks would just 
>> choose
>> to install.  I don't install Acrobat reader to have it - I do because 
>> there
>> is a PDF I want to read.  MS seems to just want folks to have the 
>> Silverlight
>> runtime.  But from what I have seen, very little of the material at MS 
>> site
>> is anything but Media Player format.
>>
>>
>
> "berating"? Do you mean something like "offering", or do you mean 
> something like "browbeating"? I believe the former substitute is more 
> accurate. Of course Microsoft would like as many people as possible to use 
> Silverlight, and there is a fair amount of Silverlight content on some 
> MSDN pages.
>
> So, if you don't want to install it, don't. It's as simple as that.
>

date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:54:00 -0500   author:   eschneider am