Download.microsoft.com will work under Silverlight

Microsoft used to promote the technology of Silverlight, mainly by the efforts of its partners , who sacrificed their own audience for the sake of promoting the new standard and at the same time asserted that they did not receive any kickbacks from Microsoft.



I must say that in creating an alternative to flash, Microsoft has already achieved some success. At least the Silverlight plugin can now be installed in almost any alternative browser. However, the critical mass of users is not typed. And now the corporation has decided to deliver a powerful blow that can radically change the situation on the market.



So, Microsoft began beta testing the new Microsoft Download Center website, which was created using Silverlight technology. Each user who visits the Download Center for updates of Microsoft software will receive an offer to download the Silverlight plugin, otherwise some of the content and functionality of the site will not be available to him.

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Download.microsoft.com is one of the most visited sites on the Internet. Here users come to download new service packs, patches and releases of Microsoft programs. Thus, the corporation again uses the old proven method of promoting new proprietary standards through a huge user base of Windows and IE.