valleywag.com— NBC streamed all its NBCOlympics.com videos using Microsoft's Silverlight backend tech, but the network dumped Microsoft before last night's NFL kickoff — streamed live over NBCSports.com and NFL.com — opting to use Adobe Flash instead.
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No one cares about 8 linux users who might have watched it. They are a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of the general population Windows users. It's business, pure and simple.PS Microsoft keeps their tech updated on Mac just to avoid antitrust/monopoly complications.
Silverlight worked just fine on my Mac. I don't see what the big problem was. I would honestly never be able to tell the difference from a flash video.
Today we had a tech session on Silverlight and we were debating about Silverlight and Flash.I was citing the example of the success of NBC Olympics Site.But existing user base matters particularly the inertia of switching...
NBC did not drop Silverlight. It wasn't NBC's decision in which technology to use, it was the NFL's decision. See: <a class="user" href="http://silverlightbiz.blogspot.com/2008/09/sunday-night-football-on-nbc.html">http://silverlightbiz.blogspot.com/2008/09/sunday- ...</a> Quoting: Unlike the Olympics, Sunday Night Football is a joint effort between the NFL and NBC Sports. The NFL made the technology choices on what technology to use online and was ultimately responsible for the application. The NFL chose flash. It's even called out in the Adobe press release.
etx313Sep 6, 2008
Dude, Really?
lilrabbitfoofooSep 6, 2008
No one cares about 8 linux users who might have watched it. They are a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of the general population Windows users. It's business, pure and simple.PS Microsoft keeps their tech updated on Mac just to avoid antitrust/monopoly complications.
dopeskillsSep 7, 2008
Silverlight worked just fine on my Mac. I don't see what the big problem was. I would honestly never be able to tell the difference from a flash video.
trevinoSep 7, 2008
Maybe so but what about linux where it didn't work at all.
sankarsanSep 7, 2008
Today we had a tech session on Silverlight and we were debating about Silverlight and Flash.I was citing the example of the success of NBC Olympics Site.But existing user base matters particularly the inertia of switching...
kaevansSep 9, 2008
NBC did not drop Silverlight. It wasn't NBC's decision in which technology to use, it was the NFL's decision. See: <a class="user" href="http://silverlightbiz.blogspot.com/2008/09/sunday-night-football-on-nbc.html">http://silverlightbiz.blogspot.com/2008/09/sunday- ...</a> Quoting: Unlike the Olympics, Sunday Night Football is a joint effort between the NFL and NBC Sports. The NFL made the technology choices on what technology to use online and was ultimately responsible for the application. The NFL chose flash. It's even called out in the Adobe press release.
kibbledbitsSep 12, 2008
The last thing consumers need is more more proprietary software on the web.