Scott Guthrie breaks the silence today with an update on Silverlight download statistics. Silverlight 2 runtime has been downloaded over 100 million times in only four weeks! That translates roughly into one in four computers on the internet. This number should put a big smile on every Silverlight developer. I mean, what is better than that?

The adoption of Silverlight 2 is strong. TV stations around the world, to name a few, FranceTV, NOS, Sportbox.ru and RAI, are switching from Flash to Silverlight to take advantages of Silverlight video streaming and its lower CTO. America Online recently launched AOL Mail using Silverlight 2. Even Blockbuster and Netflix are rolling out their own Silverlight video players possibly to replace Flash. Who wouldn't use Silverlight when it can save thousands of dollars on streaming?