Following up on the recently announced Facebook investment announcement - which doesn’t necessarily make Facebook worth $15 billion, Microsoft has now released that they’ve reached the 88 million units sold for their Vista operating system and posted their strongest Q1 in eight years. Despite being skeptical about Microsoft’s ability to monetize the Facebook deal, Paul Kedrosky had an interesting article on the great quarter Microsoft had and why Microsoft is a ‘buy.’

One idea that has become increasingly interesting is the ability of Microsoft to somehow parlay their Facebook partnership into a platform to push Silverlight. While I’ve discussed the release previously and been quite positive, the ability to convince users to adopt/install the plug-in and developers to create masterpieces on the platform will ultimately determine the fate of the release. An interesting Facebook app sponsored or supported by Facebook may be the perfect tool.

 

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