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		recoiledsnake on Nov 9, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft may halt development work on Silverlight... Why would they want to move off something that works? The plugins will be getting security updates after all.

lallysingh on Nov 9, 2011 | [–]

.. fixes for OS updates? Comparability with newer drivers?

nobody3141592 on Nov 9, 2011 | [–]

One code stream for obsolete windows a different one for new windows, another for iPhone/OSX, another for Android......

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