2010 Winter Games Live Streaming Requires Silverlight

Just when I thought the internet was headed to good pasture, I check out what internet streaming is going on for the 2010 Olympic Winter games here in Vancouver. What shall I find? But low and behold.. And I mean low. They are streaming using Microsoft Silverlight.

Until now I have refused to install it, I’ll probably end up installing it just for this and uninstalling it right after. But hey, they are streaming in 720p HD which is not bad. And I believe it’s even using H.264 so not a Microsoft specific codec. But still, I just don’t like it! This is bad for the open web, and bad for the non-Microsoft web. I know very well what Microsoft’s plan was for the internet. Thanks for the likes of Mozilla, Google, and Apple their plans have been thwarted. I just hope it continues.