If it doesn’t run on Linux or Solaris, forget about it.
Heh, nice sarcasm... nah, I don't expect it to run on my Linux or Sun boxes.
But that's why I have a Win + Mac + Linux + UNIX + ... philosophy about my machines. Whatever comes out is bound to run on at least -one- of them...
I'm actually very pleased that Microsoft is willing to make it available for other-than-IE7 browsers at all. That's a huge shift -- they used to have enough clout that they could make things "IE-on-Windows-only" and people would form a line around the block to suck up to it.
Solaris, huh? Nah, I only run Solaris for xterm logins; I can't stand its GUI, truth be told.
I hate to see Adobe take it on the chin, but I do think Flash has lived its life and is due for replacement. I like the portability, but if MS does its job right on Silverlight, it'll be a good replacement for Flash.
Although I'll have to do something about supporting it on the Linux boxes... I use Linux as my main platform these days, and it's a little annoying to switch off just for videos.