At some point I spoke highly about Silverlight. When I was a
computer animation class, I did a presentation on Silverlight and how it kicks Flash's ass. My talk apparently convinced the professor to switch the class to Silverlight the following semester.
Why did I do this?
Because I like .NET, and I actually believed that Moonlight would offer
an awesome Silverlight experience. I talked also about Moonlight in my talk and how Microsoft is going
to help make an open source player that will be even better then their
player. I actually believed this. Perhaps I am a sucker.
I stopped believing that awhile ago. Now if someone asks me about Silverlight I tell them to stay far away from it. Thankfully Silverlight hasn't really taken off and I hope it never does.