Silverlight 3 in 2009
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Having made available for download version 2 of its Adobe Flash killer, Microsoft is already moving onward to the next iteration.
Silverlight 2 was released to web in mid-October 2008, and, for next year, Microsoft is cooking the third release of what it is defining as a cross-browser, cross-platform and cross-device browser plug-in, designed to support interactive and Rich Internet Application experiences. In this regard, Silverlight 3 is planned for availability in 2009.
“Silverlight 3 will include major media enhancements (including H.264 video support), major graphics improvements (including 3D support and GPU hardware acceleration), as well as major application development improvements (including richer data-binding support and additional controls). Note these are just a small sampling of the improvements - we have plenty of additional cool features we are going to keep up our sleeves a little longer,” revealed Scott Guthrie, corporate vice president of the .NET Developer Platform.
Silverlight 2 RTW (2.0.31005.0) is available for download:
Microsoft Silverlight 2 2.0.31005.0 RTW / 1.0.30109.0 (link 1)
Microsoft Silverlight 2 2.0.31005.0 RTW / 1.0.30109.0 (link 2)
