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That .NET 3.0 has been around since 2006 is a red herring. What really matters is the percentage of Windows machines that have it installed. I know a few compa
by gduffy 17y ago
That .NET 3.0 has been around since 2006 is a red herring. What really matters is the percentage of Windows machines that have it installed.
I know a few companies that write desktop .NET software, and they can't use WPF unless they add ~50MB to their download (or in the installer). That would be bad for their growth rate.
- kinghajj 17y agoThat will largely become a non-issue as more people migrate from XP onto Vista or 7; all installations of Vista come with .NET 3.0, and 7 will probably come with 3.5 or maybe even 4.0 if it's out in time. Perhaps they could make two downloads, one for XP users and another for Vista/7 users?
- StrawberryFrog 17y agoWhat really matters is the percentage of Windows machines that have it installed I know, I've been bitten by that prerequisite. But the question asked was "When is Microsoft going to learn UI lessons from HTML", which has a simple answer.