by Don Burnett
Okay so the quote doesn't really fit with what I am actually writing here, "but I just like the sound of it.."...
Sorry folks I could hardly resist that one after seeing the new Trailer for the Dark Knight. It looks way cool with a Joker done in a way that Nicholson or even Caesar Romero could have never brought out.. It was playing during the really great Will Smith movie "I am Legend".. Which is set in not so future New York.. It was neat seeing the fake billboards in the movie for the Superman/Batman Movie that had a release date of sometime in 2010... Anyone catch that stuff?? The logo looked cool. It had the batman/superman logo from the comic but with the new Superman logo..
"Why so Serious??"
Anyway the recurring theme of tonight's tidbits come from the Moonlight FAQ over at Novell..
Important answers that I am sure everyone want's to know about the Silverlight version for Linux.. This should fill in everyone about how video codecs, etc. will be available for Moonlight when it's released in 2008...
Quoted from their FAQ: "
..How will Moonlight be delivered?
Moonlight will be available as a single download from Novell which will include the browser plugin plus the Silverlight graphics engine and the Mono runtime. The codecs necessary to host Silverlight content on Linux will be available from Microsoft. The Moonlight installer will make obtaining the MSFT codecs a seamless step in the process. I thought the codecs were Microsoft proprietary technology. How do I get those for Moonlight?
Microsoft will make these codecs freely available for Linux. How much will Moonlight cost?
Similar to Silverlight on Windows, Moonlight will be freely available for all supported platforms. When will Moonlight be available?
Moonlight version 1.0 will be available at the beginning of 2008. Will Moonlight be feature compatible with Silverlight on Windows?
Yes. Can I use Microsoft's Silverlight development tools to build Moonlight applications?
Yes Will Moonlight be open source?
The Moonlight browser plug-in, the graphics engine and Mono runtime which will be available from Novell are open source components. The necessary audio and video codecs are proprietary components. How are Microsoft and Novell collaborating to provide Moonlight?
This collaboration between Microsoft and Novell is a formal engineering development program. Novell is bringing the .NET-based Silverlight framework to Mono, an open source framework for running .NET applications on multiple platforms including Linux. Microsoft is providing a version of the necessary codecs for Linux. Will Moonlight be available for Linux distributions other than Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop?
Yes, Moonlight will be designed to run on most Linux distributions, on any platform that Mono supports. Why is Moonlight necessary when Flash already runs on Linux?
Moonlight provides users and developers of rich media another platform for delivering content. Moonlight provides users additional choice when creating content or viewing web-based rich media content. Does this mean that Microsoft is officially endorsing Mono as an acceptable framework for running .NET applications on Linux?
We are focused on enabling developers and customers to run Silverlight applications on Windows, Macintosh, and Linux operating systems. Beyond this collaboration with Novell on the Moonlight project, Microsoft currently does not have plans to endorse Mono broadly... "
