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● 11.21.08

●● Silver Lie and Silver Liars

Posted in Deception, Microsoft, Mono, Novell at 8:09 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

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THIS is a subject that was addressed a few days ago, but worth naming are people and sites whose role is apparently to deceive Web developers, having them believe that Silverlight is “coming to GNU/Linux.” It’s not. It never will and those who suggest this should be ridiculed for promoting a Microsoft Big Lie, also known as the Silver Lie.

=> was addressed a few days ago | to deceive Web developers | the Silver Lie

Slashdot, which is partly sponsored by Microsoft, is among the latest culprits. Paul Krill is at least reserving dignity by not calling it “Silverlight for Linux” and the same goes for DesktopLinux, which neglects to mention the legal implications (Fedora won't touch the thing with a bargepole).

=> partly sponsored by Microsoft | ↺ among the latest culprits | ↺ reserving dignity | ↺ DesktopLinux | won't touch the thing with a bargepole

Here is another improper article with an incorrect headline and quotes from Microsoft turncoats.

=> ↺ quotes from Microsoft turncoats

At the start of November, “we branched Moonlight for the 1.0 release, full with the licensed Microsoft Codecs, and started our release process for Moonlight Beta 1 to be available in the next few days,” revealed Miguel de Icaza, Novell vice president for Developer Technologies. “The Moonlight engine team has now resumed our work on Moonlight 2.0, the version that will track Silverlight 2.0.

When will people wake up? Better now before it's too late. When people say that Moonlight is “Silverlight for Linux” they must be corrected, so else the Silver Lie Big Lie becomes truth, at least in the minds of people. █

=> before it's too late | must be corrected

“Now [Novell is] little better than a branch of Microsoft”

–LinuxToday Managing Editor

Update: ComputerWorld UK entertains another deceiving article with the headline “Microsoft and Novell put Silverlight on Linux” (by Paul Krill, InfoWorld)

=> ↺ “Microsoft and Novell put Silverlight on Linux”

There is a better article from Desire Athow, but it neglects to cover the legal issues.

=> ↺ a better article from Desire Athow

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