I'm Distributed computing final year student, and I like products from across the technology spectrum, all
technologies have their place, all have contributed.

I like Microsoft products just as much as Apple products, and I too had dismissed Silverlight as Microsoft's version of flash. But the fact is if you bother to delve deeper (and I would expect a technology blog to do so). You'll see its far richer than Flash. I believe that it even maybe an application killer of how websites are developed. We will no longer be constrained by klunky square shaped websites. It gives us a way to hook up Content Management Systems to visually appealing web front ends (I mean everyone hates a totally flash base site due to the lack of content management). Delve a little deeper Gizmodo and then give us a balanced article...