Re: There is no .NET in Vista Code?

"Lurkio" wrote:
Jim Cooper wrote:

I imagine it will be, considering that the .NET Framework is already
part of Windows Update.

Is it? Cool bananas.

I think that Joel Spolsky put it best in his classic
"Please Sir May I Have a Linker?" article :

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/PleaseLinker.html

This article is just another example of being able to find "expert opinion"
on the web that supports one's bias.

Did you read all the back and forth discussion that article caused at that
time.
http://discuss.fogcreek.com/joelonsoftware/default.asp?cmd=show&ixPost=108812

First thing I noted is that it was written more than two years ago by
someone who doesn't seem to understand that the designers of .NET never
intended that it's programs be linked to all it's framework dependencies.
With that said I do believe that today someone sells such a linker and
another is free but I have no idea how well they work. Perhaps you have
investigated one or both?

His rant talks about new versions coming out every six months or so leading
to "DDL hell" but IMO the most egregious complaint was that the windows
update service required him to update a computer that likely hadn't been
updated in some time, if ever, resulting in a long and tedious 70-80MB
download with multiple reboots. He could have directly downloaded the
runtime package and installed it without all that pain but then he wouldn't
have anything to bitch about.

I often wonder in today's world what percentage of the targeted market of a
commercial .NET program already has the runtime installed. I suspect in most
cases it's quite large. I might be overly harsh but it does seem to me that
a group of developers who really don't intend to develop for the .NET market
seize on the runtime download "problem" to rationalize their decision.



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