>Is that really apples and apples? HTML5 is a specification of standards. Silverlight is (was?) a developer tool.

HTML5 may in fact become a standard - currently there are proposals.

It's a great panacea though - at least half the development projects I've heard of recently are based on HTML5 (even though it isn't ready yet).

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>I heard two high level Microsoft folks insist at developer events last year that Silverlight was very much alive. Who knows, maybe that really was their intention and belief. In any case, at some point I think the community perception otherwise became reality. Hmmm, that reminds me of another MS developer product ;-(
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>>It basically dead, but XAML lives on.
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>>However, the future is HTML 5.
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>>>I am just re-reading old FoxRockX issues and came to juli 2010
>>>Silverlight for VFP Developers by V Jordanonva and U Habermann
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>>>I was wondering if this tool is still in Microsoft's future or if they found something else to sell?
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>>>Thanks
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>>>Peter