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VBBR
Moderator
Brazil
617 Posts |
 Posted - Nov 03 2004 : 4:11:56 PM
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Originally posted by Struan
You dont need to add 20 megs to the download. You can just tell people to get the .NET framework from MS.
And that's so easy for us to do, but too much complicated for the usual user. They would prefer to look for something that does the same and doesn't require them to go over to another website to do some 20MB download.
That isn't even mentioning that in the case the user doesn't have a connection, or has dial-up (just ask masterbooda) it won't be very easy to download a 20MB file.
The biggest reason I'm hesitating to move to .NET is because of this huge framework runtime. I'm also right in thinking that .NET doesn't work in win95? Because unfortunately some of my end users do use win95 yet, and I "need" to make something that will run (at least) in 95% of the PCs it is distributed to.
My main (and only =p) programming *job* currently isn't something that is sold on stores or websites, but a CD with content to be distributed to specific groups of people, hence the worrying with compatibility. If someone has problems, that's negative propaganda.
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Edited by - VBBR on Nov 03 2004 4:16:56 PM |
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timbo152k
Squire
Canada
25 Posts |
Posted - Nov 03 2004 : 9:01:15 PM
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| I keep changing my mind about .NET - from what I've seen and heard, it is not a platform with performance-optimization in mind, but rather, it has functionality in mind... In theory, .NET has the *potential* to create applications that run MORE optimized on each different system they run on - programs in .NET could play on each PC's strongpoints and optimize themselves when the application is "compiled" on the fly. BUT.. so far, it just hasn't proven itself - I think the next big jump in home computing will be the common use of 64 bit processors AND multi-core PCs... BOTH of these features have virtually no support in VB6 and thus I think the use of that language will die out. My own oppinion though. |
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Zarneth
Knave
Australia
62 Posts |
Posted - Nov 03 2004 : 9:16:38 PM
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They would prefer to look for something that does the same and doesn't require them to go over to another website to do some 20MB download.
Considdering most downloads these days an extra 20 megs isn't all that much bigger. People on modem's should be more than used to annoying downloads of that size by now. I doubt very many of us are proffesionally distributing applications in VB.net yet, and when the time comes I would think by then the .net framework would be well distributed enough for this not to be a major issue. |
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