Re: Excel-RS232 via Cheapcomm: Where?

Joerg wrote:
I am not a fan of .NET. It seems to have serious backwards compatibility issues. Case in point: New scope SW came, must have .NET. Installed 2.0, did not work. Inquired -> Must use 1.1 because 2.0 is not compatible. Great. <shaking head>

You're missing the point entirely. For the first significant time that MS
has done it, you can have all 3 versions of the .NET runtime installed at
the same time without them interacting, and whatever products or components
you install get the same version isolation. It takes more disk space
(though not that much, it's only 40Mb or so), but it does avoid DLL hell.

I've heard this whine from you multiple times, presumably all relating to
the single occurrence, but it was *your* mistake because you installed the
wrong version. Perhaps your supplier didn't give you enough info, but that
doesn't make it MS's mistake.

You should be congratulating MS for finally doing something positive about
solving DLL hell, not castigating them for your mistake.

Clifford Heath.
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