The strategy with Silverlight is to concede that the client tier is multi-platform, and try to sell back end servers and developer licences instead. This doesn

The strategy with Silverlight is to concede that the client tier is multi-platform, and try to sell back end servers and developer licences instead. This doesn't completely fit MS's other initiatives, but one of the benefits of being that big is that MS can try lots of things at once - to bet on every horse in the race, so to speak.