[OPLINTECH] Silverlight or not

[Ken Butler]

For what it's worth, I've had Microsoft Silverlight installed on our public
PCs for a while now, and I can't remember the last time one of them froze
up or needed to be rebooted (other than a patron getting a really nasty
virus during their session). I have it installed on my home PC as well. I
believe certain streaming media sites like Netflix and Amazon Instant Video
require or used to require Silverlight, although from what I have seen
around the web it is being phased out by HTML5.

I don't think you will hurt anything by installing it, but it may become
obsolete soon.


On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 2:36 PM, Kevin Jones <kjones at coshoctonlibrary.org>wrote:

> I recently had an individual request Silverlight be installed to view a
> particular website.  I did a little research and was reading several
> articles about people having issues with Silverlight causing the computer
> to freeze.  I have installed and maintain software that the majority of
> people need to use.  It has always been my policy to not install any
> software that is requested by individuals.  I think the core programs that
> I have installed make for a stable computer which also makes updates more
> manageable.  What I don't want to do is install something for one person
> that makes the computer unstable for the other 99.8% of the patrons.
>
> So what do you think, should I cave in and start installing software that
> is requested by individuals or not?
>
>
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Ken Butler
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Head of Information Technology
Holmes County District Public Library
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Millersburg, OH 44654
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