Author: Matt Taylor
Date: 17:57:29 02/24/03
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On February 24, 2003 at 18:48:37, Brian Kostick wrote: > >>In essense, .NET is a runtime environment. Programs that use .NET are going to >>want that runtime environment. If she doesn't run anything that uses .NET, she >>doesn't have to worry about it. >> >>-Matt > > >Hello, certainly this is what prompted her question. Why should someone bother >to get the .NET framework just to run an application? Better the programmer >should have made a VC6 executable. There is an app available in her user group >(they write there own tools to modify a game) and the primary question was WHY >the author used .NET framework and inconvenience the rest of the group. So far >the answer has been: because it's there. > > >I'm not sure what your java comment provides but I'd say the best thing I've >done with it is turn it and acviteX off on my browser. >BK Java is comparable which is why I mention it. I guess you can always resist change. As far as being an inconvenience, it's only an inconvenience is the author does not distribute the CLR (.NET framework) with the program and the recipient does not already have it. It's not really any different than VB or Java is except that .NET is much newer so you aren't as likely to have the CLR (unless you frequent Windows Update which Microsoft has tried to make as painless as possible). -Matt
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