Re: There is no .NET in Vista Code?

"Lurkio" <spam?@no.thanks> wrote in message
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But the whole point is that you will more than likely
*never* be able to assume that your customer already
has the version of .NET installed that your application
requires. Not while the framework remains offered as a
separate redistributable.


I'm with you there. If the framework is only ever offered as a separate
redistributable then I am unlikely to use it to develop end-user products,
I'll just continue to use it in-house.


The whole raison d?être of the ability to tie your
.NET application to a /specific/ framework version
was to allow M$ sufficient legroom such that they
don't have to guarantee backwards compatibility
between framework versions. If you tie up your code
to a specific version, you /must/ always prepare to
ship that version.


That does not worry me. I spent many years developing, distributing,
supporting and maintaining a major application simultaneously across several
flavours of DOS, Novell Netware, various versions of VMS, and multiple
variants of UNIX. .NET is a walk in the park by comparison.

--
Chris Burrows
CFB Software
http://www.cfbsoftware.com/gpcp


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