MS Silverlight To Stream Obama Inauguration Events

by kdawson on January 18, 2009

Ilgaz writes in to let us know that we will have to install MS Silverlight 2 to watch the US President’s inauguration online. Everyone running Mac PPC, Linux, and FreeBSD has been left out, as there are no working Silverlight 2-capable alternatives on these systems. Here is Microsoft’s press release announcing the selection of Silverlight yesterday. Streaming of various events around the inauguration begins today at the Presidential Inaugural Committee site, which touts its “inclusive and accessible” coverage.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.




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