"I think Silverlight represents the likely future of computing for most of us. And by “us”, I mean both Windows and web developers on the Microsoft platform (and maybe beyond). I think we’re at a point of convergence, where two industry trends are coming together in a way that makes Silverlight the most compelling answer for a lot of development scenarios. These trends are the continued abstraction away from the hardware, and now the operating system; and the likelihood that the web as we know it is nearing the end of its life, so we’re looking for the next big thing in that space." - Rob Hoeting from Bookmarklet