I've not got round to trying it yet, but as for installing .Net on XP machines, my customer really wants that as there are a lot of XP machines out there still. Especially ones that do not have 3.5. So I can see that it is going to be useful for me. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Juricic Sent: 26 August 2008 04:54 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] NET Client Profile = lame duck
I don't understand why Microsoft expects anybody to bother with .NET Client Profile? I am not saying that the idea in itself is bad. It is just too little too late. In fact so little and so late that I think that it is really lame, despite the accolades that independent recycling of MS whitepapers and manuals online blogosphere awarded it. First, targeting .NET Framework-free XP for download/install optimizations is lame. I had to use Virtual PC to create such a setup, after talking to at least 50 people who run real-life machines. XP + Framework version 2 and Vista + Framework version 3 are the norm. The latter one in particular because that is how Vista is distributed. Most of the machines that have no .NET Framework installed by now are in the first place not capable of running any programs that require .NET 3.5 SP1 because they typically have less than 1 GB of memory. Second, why doesn't Microsoft install the latest .NET Framework as the part of OS updates? When I chain my MSI with Client Profile installer, and it is not that special XP client machine that has no Framework installed at all, I am saying to my customers: look how lame my setup is! I present it to you and claim that it is essentially mine even if all the slowness and all the lameness (progress bars that don't move for 15 minutes or half an hour, etc.) is due to Microsoft. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.6.9/1634 - Release Date: 25/08/2008 20:48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
