How many people have the .NET framework installed?

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Johan Tibell

Hi!

I'm trying to decide if there are enough people with the .NET
framework installed for me to be able to write applications for the
home market in it. Are there any statistics on how many
downloads/installations there are?

Thanks,

Johan Tibell
 
Well, the 1.0 version of the Framework was included in WindowsXP SP1. And I
believe that a newer version (1.1 or 2.0) will be in SP2. So, anyone who's
updated or will update their machine has the framework.
 
If you look around on the MS site, you can find a bootstrapper that can be
used to install the framework as necessary during your application install
process.

Tom Dacon
Dacon Software Consulting
 
Perhaps Microsoft can provide some actual data on statistics that
they have on this (they MUST have some competitive intelligence
process which they use internally to determine this?). I think as a
minimum requirement, I would require my clients to have 1.1 installed,
and I suspect the install base is rather small right now!

- Mitch Gallant
MVP Security
www.jensign.com
 
Michel Gallant said:
Perhaps Microsoft can provide some actual data on statistics that
they have on this (they MUST have some competitive intelligence
process which they use internally to determine this?). I think as a
minimum requirement, I would require my clients to have 1.1 installed,
and I suspect the install base is rather small right now!
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Why not install the framework with your application?
 
I'm not disputing that deploying the Framework with the app is the way to go.
The OP asked about already installed .NET bases (presumably to avoid presenting
clients with the hefty Framework install).
- Mitch
 
Tom Dacon said:
If you look around on the MS site, you can find a bootstrapper that can be
used to install the framework as necessary during your application install
process.
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Unfortunately it's not that useful since .NET requires IE 5.5 minimum so you
may need to upgrade that as well. Since you're going to have to do that
manually you might as well do .NET manually.
 
Stu Smith said:
Unfortunately it's not that useful since .NET requires IE 5.5 minimum so you
may need to upgrade that as well. Since you're going to have to do that
manually you might as well do .NET manually.
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Well, I suspect the number of people with IE 5.5 but not .NET installed
is a pretty significant one. It makes sense to include the bootstrapper
for those who have IE 5.5 and manual installation instructions for
those who don't, IMO.
 
I'm pretty sure that the .NET Framework doesn't require any IE upgrade. VS
..NET however, requires an upgrade to IE 6.0 AFAIK.
 
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