"What's the use of putting Microsoft's proprietary platform on top of open-source operating systems such as Android and Symbian?"
It's just a runtime that allows Silverlight apps to run on other OS's. Alot of people complain that Microsoft creates vender lock-in by only developing stuff that runs on Windows. So then Microsoft starts developing stuff that runs on other OS's and still gets criticism.
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