Dino Chiesa [MSFT]
9/15/2003 10:16:00 PM
I think there are something like 200MM PCs sold every year. Some large
portion of that number come pre-installed with Windows - and these days that
means Windows XP .
Windows XP, when it originally shipped, did not include the .NET Framework,
because Windows shipped before the .NET Framework. But, later, most large
OEMs began slip-streaming the .NET Framework into their Windows builds. I
believe more than half of OEM Windows installs include the .NET Framework
today. In other words when you buy a machine at your local retailer, and it
is pre-installed with Windows, it likely includes the .NET Framework.
But, that still leaves a large body of machines from 2002 and earlier that
might need the 20mb download.
There is no "fine grained" install approach for the .NET runtime. It''s a
20mb install.
Period. There''s no way to subset it.
-Dino
"Mike" <vimakefile@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:eMiJi8LeDHA.2172@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Does anyone know if .NET client apps are a viable solution for mainstream
> downloadable (shareware, try&buy, etc.) applications? Basically, I''m
> wondering if the download time of the .net re-dist would be a
> stumbling-block for modem users. Are there any stats on what percentage
of
> machines (a) have the proper hw/sw pre-reqs to run the framework, and (b)
> have it already installed as part of the os or previously installed apps
or
> OS updates? Is there a more fine-grained installation approach??
>
> thanks
>
>