That's the whole announcement, but I will post link for the comments.
Such as this one:
"Why Netflix is the only streaming service that uses the long dead Microsoft Silverlight is beyond me."
(One reason could be that Hastings, until today, sat on Microsoft Board.
He announced plans to leave the board today.)
http://www.hackingnetflix.com/2012/10/netflix-we-have-no-plans-to-support-streaming-on-linux.html#comments