I was excited today when I learned from Scott's post about a Microsoft/Novell partnership to provide support for Silverlight on Linux.

Not because I want to run my Silverlight apps under Linux, nor do I expect there to be a huge user base of Linux users accessing my Silverlight apps. Although all that is very cool.

I am excited because I think this acknowledgement of Moonlight will be the beginning of "Silverlight Everywhere." Since the Moonlight source code will be available for coders to port to other platforms, look for Silverlight coming soon to your Wii or iPhone!

You have to wonder how long before Microsoft makes Silverlight Open Source as well... It seems to only make sense since the competition did so earlier this year.