If you keep listening, you'll learn a (former) insider's view on who's off the project, that the team is dispersed, etc.

Probably an idiosyncratic take, but combined with the inattention of MS to Silverlight, seems to make sense.

Yes, I had second thoughts about the quote I used. But the article is well-informed (in addition to being profane, appealing to emotion, and to the writer's, let's say, having been around the block once or twice with...web frameworks).