.NET Adoption Statistics

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Does anyone know where I can find statistical info regarding market share of
..NET? More specifically, current usage of various versions of .NET and how
long companies wait before upgrading and migrating. I'm trying to begin an
effort to start migrating to .NET 3.0. One argument I've heard against is
that most people are still on 1.1 so we're not behind the curve yet.
Judging from the people in my circle, I can't believe that. But I can't
find any facts to refute it. Thanks for any relevant and verifiable info
and ammunition you can provide. :)
John
 
3.0?

I think a lot of people are still on 1.1. Companies are just now starting to
move to 2.0, but have not necessarily released products on 2.0 yet It also
depends on if it's just a web app that the company hosts - in which case
it's much easier to upgrade. If you are talking about a product that is
deployed by customers, then it all takes a lot longer. The IT at the
customer sites is not as quick to upgrade, and so on. It all takes time.
Also, I think some people start the migration process later to give 2.0 some
time out there before they feel confident enough to start using it.

This is more of a feeling and a sense, I don't have any evidence for it.
 
Hello John,

Are your applications currently built upon .net framework 2.0? As for .net
framework 3.0(originally codename winfx), I did have got that some partners
and companeis have begun investigating on them. However, based on my
understanding, the .net framework 3.0 is mostly built for leverage of the
new features introducted in Vista/LongHorn server. for you application, if
it is still targeting the current operating system, I don't think you
should be eager to migrate them to .net framework 3.0.

I haven't any definite statistical info regarding market share of different
version of .net. However, I'm sure only a few Microsoft solution parnters
have begun researching on them, and most of them are still working with
some prototypes. You can get most latest information about .net framework
3.0 in the MSDN development center:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/winfx/

http://msdn.microsoft.com/windowsvista/

Hope this helps some.

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead



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Thank you both for your responses. We're using 1.1 for most of our internal
web services, migrating to 2.0 as time permits. All our development is for
our own internal use. The WCF is where we could get the most benefit from
3.0, which is why I'd like to start us moving in that direction. But it
sounds like we should stay on 1.1. I'm a little confused about that. Why
is Microsoft marketing 3.0 so hard, yet recommending we stick with older
technologies?
John
 
Hi John,

Thanks for the reply.

Of course, we're not recommending you stick with older technologies, just
means it is not necessary to migrate code immediately since the WINFX/VISTA
is still under preview before release. Of course, WCF is a powerful
distributed technology introducted in the .net framework 3.0, you're
welcome to adopt it into your system. However, as I mentioned earlier, it
is recommended that you have some investigation and get an overview on it
since it has included not only webservice but also othe powerful
featuers(WCF is not designed as new version of webservice , but a new
communication framework on VISTA/longhorn though also provide support on
XP/2003). If you've ever using WSE 3.0 for your .net 2.0 webservice,
you'll found WSE 3.0 code modl is completely compatible with WCF.

Anyway, if you have interests on WCF or any othe WINFX features, please
feel free to let me know. Welcome anytime:)

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead


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