![]() ![]() ![]() Netflix currently uses Silverlight to deliver streaming video to Web browsers on PCs and Macs. The Redmond, Wash., company released its most recent update Jan. Microsoft will continue to provide updates to the Silverlight runtime and Silverlight SDK products. Microsoft recently said that Silverlight 5, released in December 2011, would be the last major edition of the product. ![]() But Silverlight, offered as a Web browser plug-in, never really caught on in the marketplace. Silverlight, launched in 2007, was Microsoft's effort to compete with Adobe Flash and other technologies for developing rich media content and applications for the Web. Netflix's move will reduce the company's reliance on Silverlight, a product that Microsoft has already halted major development on and will stop supporting altogether in eight years. Netflix Monday disclosed plans to expand its use of HTML5 to develop software that enables its instant video streaming service. ![]()
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