Silverlight mainly being taken up for Video Apps….I cannot concur.
On several occasions just recently, I have heard the idea being promoted that Silverlight is being taken up largely for it’s video application and that is where it’s purpose lies. I really can’t understand why this miscomprehension (IMO) still exists. Certainly the Obama Inauguration and the Olympics were quoted as references (again) but they are surely exceptions and in no way reflective of what’s happening in the small to medium enterprise.
My experience of late is suggests to me that SME .Net shops, where existing skills can be leveraged to build line of business smart‘ish client applications in the browser, is becoming an appealing possibility and is in fact indicative of my own personal story of late. I have long been living in the world of developing for the desktop and so the inevitable move into WPF is just that bit more compelling when you bundle Silverlight into the bargain. But I must say that I hope to hear less of the idea that Silverlight is simply for Video applications. Just check out the Silverlight forums and blogs that are proliferating. I think it’s becoming clear that there is significant momentum behind Silverlight and for it’s place in the line of business application and if you don’t look around in the SME space then you might not really know.
