Does Silverlight have a future? See what the numbers for DiscountASP.NET users say. http://blog.discountasp.net/rise-and-fall-of-silverlight-silverlight-adoption-at-discountasp-net/
Everyone is moving to HTML5. It looks like that MS Silverlight and even Adobe Flash maybe falling off the way side.
Microsoft has discontinued Silverlight later release of Silverlight 5. Yes, Microsoft has announced Silverlight's end-of-support date to be Oct 12, 2021. So, now is the right time to plan to move Silverlight applications to the appropriate technology platforms like HTML5, with AngularJS, etc.