Microsoft Silverlight - Flash Killer? Lose the Geeks, Lose the Battle

Microsoft has renamed "WPF/E" to "Silverlight":

"Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next generation of media experiences and rich interactive applications (RIAs) for the Web."

It looks like Microsoft is pushing this technology aggressively to CDN's and content distributors:

"Early supporters of the new platform include Akamai, Brightcove, Eyeblaster, Limelight, Major League Baseball, Navisite, Netflix, Skinkers, Sonic Solutions, SyncCast, Tarari, Telestream, Winnov, and more."

Silverlight will work on Windows and Mac OSX.  OK.. so no Linux support?  I think if Microsoft hopes to supplant Flash, it truly needs to be cross platform (not just Windows and OSX).

from the Silverlight FAQ:

"Microsoft is gathering feedback from customers like you on Silverlight and to help determine which platforms should be supported in the future."

Better hop to it boys.. With the proliferation of GNU/Linux, pushing a presentation framework that doesn't run on it is a large oversight.

You need the geeks on board.. lose the geeks.. lose the battle.