Interestingly, &quot;VML is Microsoft&#x27;s contribution to the creation of the SVG standard.&quot; I&#x27;d never heard of it either.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;msdn.microsoft.com&#x2F;en-us&#x2F;library&#x2F;bb250524%28v=vs.85%29.aspx" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;msdn.microsoft.com&#x2F;en-us&#x2F;library&#x2F;bb250524%28v=vs.85%...</a><p>Silverlight was probably the last major Microsoft attempt at platform lock-in, but it was too late; arguably it was killed by Apple&#x27;s platform lock-in barrier on iOS just as much as Flash was.