There is a good eWeek article today that contains a number of very complimentary quotes about Silverlight. You can read the whole article at eWeek: Users Itching for Silverlight 2.0.

One strength I've always felt Silverlight had is the number of .NET developers out in the world. In general they have been working on Enterprise software and web applications, but it is nice to see the quote from Dave Wolf, VP @ Cynergy giving this some credence:

"...there is no question that the Microsoft developer community is huge, passionate and for the most part they 'get' enterprise software development. Really the limiting reagent in growth in the RIA space has been having enough of a pool of RIA developers."

 

Another point I've talked with people about is the competition now to create excellent tools for not only developers, but for designers too. Noah Gedrich, director of technology at Blitz is quoted as saying:

"By providing a real competitor to the Flash Player and the Adobe Web tools, Silverlight has the potential to force both Adobe and Microsoft to be more responsive to the needs of the end users and the designer and developer communities..."

It is certainly nice to see people creating projects based on Silverlight v1.0, and as noted in the article, looking forward to Silverlight v2.0. It is a great time to be working creating applications and experiences as the technology to allow for both designers and developers to create exceptional work is really coming together. Fun stuff.