2010/1/4 Γιάννης Μπουρκέλης <[email protected]>:
> Most Windows XP users do not have NET Framework 3.5 installed in their
> systems, so if they want to run a net framework 3.5 application, even if
> this application is only some megabytes, they will have to download the huge
> net 3.5 runtime, which is more than 50mb and I think that this is not good.
Yes, but this contains the 2.0 too, because of cumulative nature of
3.5. You can download only bootstrapper, resulting in smaller
download.
And also you're downloading this only once, like Flash Player or
Silverlight runtime.
Anyway. This is not the question. I'm asking developers and their
needs. They also know what the users have installed and are able to
install.
> Also most of the big Net component vendors, like Devexpress, infragistics
> etc are building their windows forms components targeting NET 2.0 and
> supporting VS 2005/2008. They know that they will lose a huge market share
> if they drop support for NET 2.0 in their windows forms components.
We're not dropping 2.0 support. We're only requiring to have 3.5
update (as it's not a new runtime) also present. But it's a good
point.
> I suggest to wait some more time before dropping Net 2.0 provider support.
Sure. As I said. It will not be done immediately.
> A good time to drop net 2.0 support will be when most of the Windows XP
> users move to windows 7 or a newer OS, with the Net 3.5 preinstalled.
I don't think, that OS penetration is good measurement whether to use
or not some version of SW. Fully upgraded XP box is almost as good as
W7, still very, very old, with old kernel, but good.
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Jiri {x2} Cincura (CTO x2develop.com)
http://blog.cincura.net/ | http://www.ID3renamer.com
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