Re: Dear Mr Gates, A suggestion to make the CLR Ubiquitous

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"William Stacey [MVP]" <staceyw@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I am not sure why Office 12 is a delivery vehicle for the framework as IIRC
>there is still no managed code in it. That said, it probably makes some
>sense as it something most everyone will install and have the CDs for so
>the extra 20MB will not be noticed. From my perspective, it is mostly
>ubiquitous by now anyway. There are still a few dial-up users out there,
>but they are probably not a target for your apps anyway. Could be wrong.
>
> --
> William Stacey [MVP]

True, Office 12 remains unmanaged code, but it will have extended managed
Addin support out of the box.

Willy.


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