Yea, as you could see I didn't even install Silverlight until Suvega used it for his guide.

It has some great features -- but I like my comfy salary and my comfy salary means the products I help generate have to cover that salary. Suvega used Silverlight because it's accessible for us (more accessible than Flash). For others, it might not be the case. But just because someone has a monopoly on a software genre doesn't mean others should stop trying. I mean, I'd be pretty miffed if Linux and Mac stopped development because more users (at the moment) use Windows. Competition breeds quality.

I'm sure each (flash and silverlight) has its benefits and flaws. *shrug* As a user, as long as they're easy to use from the consumer's perspective I could care less.