Re: I have 2 versions of .NET, which is being used

Lloyd Dupont wrote:
> That's a misleading statement.
> I would state it otherwise: there are not that many new general public
> application.
> Looking at the health of the thriving .NET community I gather there
> are many .NET application used internally arount there.
>
> However I'm using Paint.NET (general public, .NET1.1), Virtual Earth
> from NASA (.NET1.1, general public), an RSS reader (.NET1.1 general
> public)
> And my soon to be CooksCompanion (general public, .NET2.0, home
> project) and NovaMind for windows (home project, .NET2.0, general
> public)

Did you pay for any of that?

My opinion is that .NET is taking over the position that VB had five or
six years ago, that is, it is used for lots of freeware and shareware
(ie great for the hobbiest) and for applications used within a company
(the RAD aspect is important here). Where it is not used is to create
commercial products that are sold shrink wrapped. Yes, there are
exceptions to what I have said, there are some companies who have
distributed small .NET apps as part of their product, but in general,
these are *exceptions* and do not show the tend of the market.

Personally, I see nothing wrong with that, I just wish that Microsoft
would admit that it is the case.

> Also you could program in .NET in Word & Excel 12. They are native
> application themselves (no point in wasting resource in rewritting in
> managed code an existing 20 years old native application), but they
> support managed extensibility.

Indeed. This is *really* the way that Microsoft want us to use .NET,
that is, provide a RAD solution for users.

Richard
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