Silverlight and the 2009 Presidential Inauguration: ASP Alliance

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Silverlight and the 2009 Presidential Inauguration

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Published: 19 Jan 2009

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Abstract
Barack Obama was a tech savvy candidate for the 2009 US presidential elections. His Presidential Inaugural Committee decided to make use of Microsoft's Silverlight technology for streaming live video of the entire oath proceedings beginning from the capitol to the White house. In this article, Scott examines the various aspects of this issue with relevant screenshots and links including briefly mentioning CNN and MSNBC using Photosynth.

by Scott Guthrie
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Introduction

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The presidential inauguration of Barack Obama was indeed a truly historic event. Silverlight is used as an enabling technology on several sites that will allow those of us who can't be there in person to share the experience online.

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Title: silverlight
Name: Anbazhagan
Date: 2009-03-05 9:53:48 PM
Comment:
very useful tutorial