Windows 8 apps to use HTML5

Microsoft released some details about Windows 8 today, and mentioned that

Windows 8 apps use the power of HTML5, tapping into the native capabilities of Windows using standard JavaScript and HTML to deliver new kinds of experiences. These new Windows 8 apps are full-screen and touch-optimized, and they easily integrate with the capabilities of the new Windows user interface.

I’m going to take this as a sign that, in the intra-Microsoft struggle between HTML5 and Silverlight camps, that the former won. Good.

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