Is Silverlight hard to learn?

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Published on 2010-05-29T08:17:04Z Indexed on 2010/05/29 8:22 UTC
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Hi I understand I will be getting pretty subjective opinions but give it to me anyway. How hard is Silverlight for someone who has beginner-level knowledge of Java? On the scale of 1 to 10 how would you rate Silverlight learning difficulty?

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