[clue] watching Netflix in Linux

[Alex samide]

I believe that Silverlight has even been sidelined by MS at this stage.  It was never much more than a competitor for Adobe Flash.

I suspect they will probably find it more profitable to completely move away from Silverlight and do something similar to what Hulu is using instead for that kind of a move.  Always a business decision, but if MS has indeed stopped supporting/upgrading Silverlight then I would expect them to abandon that path.

Alex Samide
absamide at comcast.net



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From: Louis Miller <veganguy at canadaseek.com>
To: clue at cluedenver.org
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 11:36 AM
Subject: [clue] watching Netflix in Linux


Hello,

       My name is Louis Miller. I used to attend CLUE meetings a few years ago. I'm the beginner with little tact, if that helps narrow it down.

       I find it unavoidable to use Windows, lately. The major reason is that I have been streaming Netflix. I called the company to ask about the difficulties in producing a Linux version to  stream in the browser. They told me that the difficulty was with MS silverlight. They would have to create a Linux version of Silverlight. 

       I called the customer service line to talk to them about it. The guy one the phone was both knowledgeable and sincere. He told me that, right now, when the Netflix business is in North America, there is little need to spend the time and money to create a Linux version of Silverlight. But, in the future, the company hopes to expand their overseas operations to Europe. When they do, they will doctor their own version of silverlight for Linux. They don't want to upset MS, by doing it, but there will be a lot of profit involved, so it will be worth all the expense and time.

       Well, is it possible to use WINE to stream Netflix with Linux?

Louis
 
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