In fact, I'm frequently cited as the source of that prognostication, in spite of the fact that all I've actually reported is that Microsoft's strategy with Silverlight shifted and that Silverlight is no longer Microsoft's cross-platform runtime solution.
Yes, I know - everyone's been rushing to proclaim Silverlight dead for more than a year now. ( Silverlight 4 supports Windows and Mac OS X and the IE, Chrome and Safari browsers.)
One of my contacts said he believed that the final version of Silverlight 5 may only work with Internet Explorer on Windows and won't work on Mac OS platforms or with other browsers at all. Free support for Silverlight 3 ended in April 2011.) According to the page, Microsoft must give developers and customers a year heads-up before ending support for any given Silverlight version.
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(There's no end date yet on Microsoft's lifecycle page for free support for Silverlight for Silverlight 4. They said they are unsure whether there will be any service packs for it, and they are also not clear on how long Silverlight 5 will be supported by Microsoft.
Several of my customer and partner contacts have told me they have heard from their own Microsoft sources over the past couple of weeks that Silverlight 5 is the last version of Silverlight that Microsoft will release. Silverlight 5, the most recent - and possibly last - version of Microsoft's cross-platform browser plug-in, is poised to be released to manufacturing (RTM) before the end of November.
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