As far as I know silverlight is not available for linux, there is however the moonlight project by mono developers which aims to be a silverlight replacement for linux. So I don't think wine is needed for linux compatability... On 9/15/07, Pomeroy Lab <admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have recently heard about the silverlight project. The silverlight project > is a plugin released by Microsoft for Linux that allows the use of .Net > based apps on Linux. My only disagreement with using this plugin is the fact > that Microsoft has been accessing XP and Vista systems without permission > and changing software as stated by ZDnet. They call it Stealth Updating. > Anyway that does not mean we can't use this code. It's under the GPL so we > should be able to take it apart, analyze it, and put it back together in > Wine so that if you install our silverlight plugin in Firefox installed on > wine you should be able to fool Silverlight into thinking it's on Windows. > We don't want windows updates and we don't want genuine advantage or any > information about us being sent back to activate a product like Office 2007 > so that means that we should take steps to firewall Wine against silverlight > information being sent to Microsoft or any Microsoft information that is > unnecessary. It may sound complicated but I think it's the best thing to do. > Let me know what you think. > > _______________________________________________ > wine-users mailing list > wine-users@xxxxxxxxxx > http://www.winehq.org/mailman/listinfo/wine-users > > -- Erik de Jong _______________________________________________ wine-users mailing list wine-users@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.winehq.org/mailman/listinfo/wine-users
