Microsoft was chosen as the web content provider for the convention web site , along with Vertigo Software as the developer . The video application developed was based on Microsoft 's Silverlight platform and provided high-definition video streams . The choice of technology that required proprietary software from a company with a history of antitrust problems was criticized for both the exclusion of competing platforms by way of Silverlight 's proprietary video codec and for requiring visitors to install the software when visiting the site . Although Moonlight is a cross-platform alternative that attempts to be compatible with Silverlight , as of the time of the convention it did not support features found in version 2 which were required . In contrast , the web site for the 2008 Republican National Convention used Adobe Flash streams provided through Ustream.TV and YouTube which are viewable with several applications including the free software cross-platform clone Gnash
2008 Republican National Convention
2008 Republican National Convention
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