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Google Chrome gets Silverlight support on Macs From the 'It's Not Just an OS' files:
Google's Chrome, that's Chrome the browser, not the OS (which is really just the browser with a Linux shim) has been updated to version 4.0.249.4 for its dev-channel release. And no, that's not the same build in that was in the public milestone Chromium OS last week. On the surface the new Chrome 4.0.249.4 looks like a typical Chrome bug fix release, which occur (nearly) every week. Digging into the actual release, reveals at least one key bug fix for an item that could also show the future Chrome OS as being a haven for all media plug-ins, even those from rival Microsoft. Chrome 4.0.249.4 addresses at least three different issues related to Microsoft Silverlight support in Chrome running on a Mac. Silverlight is Microsoft's media framework for rich media content delivery. That's interesting for a number of reasons. Google Chrome for the Mac is still only a dev-channel release and not yet stable, but Google is taking support for media very seriously. The original bug for the Silverlight support looks to me as if it dates back to October and it is now being fixed. This could just be a tech maturity issue and it could also be an indication that the Mac release is gearing for wider (beta and stable) distribution. It's also a telling indicator of Google's desire to support web media, regardless of the underlying media technology. To extent this argument out further, if Google Chrome for the Mac supports Silverlight, then wouldn't Chrome OS as well? It makes sense. Chrome OS (like Chrome the browser) is about the web and the web is not about being open to different ways of delivering media and content. 0 TrackBacksListed below are links to blogs that reference this entry: Google Chrome gets Silverlight support on Macs. TrackBack URL for this entry: https://swarm.jupitermedia.com/mt-tb.cgi/9322 1 CommentsLeave a comment |
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Silverlight is a technically unneeded, proprietary Microsoft extension intended only to "lock-in" its users to Microsoft operating systems. No surprise there. Format lock-in is the primary reason Microsoft Windows still enjoys a dominant position in IT - rather than Linux.
Google Chrome the browser (not Google Chromium the OS - and note the ending "ium" rather than "e") does Microsoft no long-term favor by making Silverlight available on other than the Microsoft OS. Silverlight is a money loser for Microsoft, as its only reason for existing is to lock-in its users to Microsoft products.
Apple, take note that your hardware lock-in business model is also resented by IT. Freedom of choice drives the most successful IT professionals (success being defined as maximum capability at minimum total cost).