Netflix also bought into Microsoft's Silverlight sales pitch. Microsoft originally pitched Silverlight as a platform with robust 3rd party implementation. Micro

Netflix also bought into Microsoft's Silverlight sales pitch. Microsoft originally pitched Silverlight as a platform with robust 3rd party implementation. Microsoft even funded work at Novell so that Moonlight could be used with the 2008 Olympics sight. As Microsoft has pivoted to HTML5, Microsoft became less interested in providing a DRM layer to Moonlight. Linux users will be well served when the DRM components to HTML5 video become available and widely implemented.