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		nitrogen on July 29, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Java 7 is now available Silverlight is still limited to Windows and Mac. Moonlight is from a third party and doesn't count toward Microsoft's community altruism score.

StrawberryFrog on July 29, 2011 [–]

> Silverlight is still limited to Windows and Mac

And as a direct consequence of Silverlight not being all that popular, that will not change. Sadly.

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