Having an open standard would actually mean easy access for any and all software to implement it, and encoders/decoders wouldn't have to be playing a reverse engineering game of catchup. They don't want anyone else making software for their proprietary standards because they want you using their own implementations. Both Adobe and Microsoft are using closed standards. MS, Nokia clearly lost smartphone market.We want open standards, is what we want, we don't care about the actual software implementation. What we have now with android is utterly segmented system, security still shitty after so many revisions, no transparency when it comes to privacy (while MS does telemetry but is clear about it and provides means to turn it off, or even products like enterprise versions without it), google play with millions of crap-aps without real control. Better product does not always win the stage, and especially if its more expensive. Do you recall how agressively was Chrome promoted? Bundled with adobe reader, flash and lots of other software.

What google/android had/has? Much better PR, access to customers, channels and completely no remorse when it comes to earning money. And windows phone was better, as was symbian or blackberry at their prime. At that time Android was not as powerfull as now, and MS had (and I believe it still has) competence, people to present a viable alternative. But I have to disagree about Windows Phone. Good point regarding silverlight vs flash.

The developers behind the project have relased OpenSilver 1.0 Beta recently and revealed plans to release the final version of OpenSilver 1.0 on October 12, 2021. In 2020, the OpenSilver project emerged to provide companies with a modern Silverlight implementation based on modern technologies. The official Silverlight website will remain available, but Microsoft will remove the Silverlight installer from the website after the end of support date. Companies can continue to run Silverlight assets legally after Octoaccording to Microsoft, as the license is not tied to the continuation of support. Microsoft notes on the official FAQ page that it 'is not planning to take any specific action to terminate Silverlight applications'. After June 15, 2022, Microsoft Edge's IE Mode is the only official option that users have to run Silverlight applications.Īpplications that rely on Silverlight will continue to function.

Internet Explorer 11, which is set to be retired on June 15, 2022, is the only browser that supports it natively. Microsoft's Edge browser does not support Silverlight, but the integrated IE Mode of the browser supports it.

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