I agree with you, they will "try" to have a better control-freak internet but my prediction is that in 10 years, the web will still be IPv4 mainly, html with a bit more JavaScript/flash/Silverlight but won't be rebuild from scratch... the same way email never got rebuild from scratch even if everyone agree with one the worst communication design.
I've been a
Just recently I've been started a project in Silverlight and it's so great to use the same syntax and tool, and even 90% of the same code for doing rich application client side.
Silverlight is only a sub-set/lightweight of the
Always draw your curves, then plot your reading.