Does it make sense to support Win32 in a new application?

[Fernando Cacciola]

Hi People,

Are there any numbers on the marketshare for pre-XP Windows (that is, pre
..NET) users, preferably per-region?

I need this information to decide whether to target exclusively .NET in a
new application we're starting, or shall we consider a Win32 versions as
well...

TIA

 

[Phil Wilson]

You can run .NET apps on Windows 2000 boxes too.

 

[Daniel O'Connell [C# MVP]]

Hi People,

Are there any numbers on the marketshare for pre-XP Windows (that is, pre
.NET) users, preferably per-region?

I need this information to decide whether to target exclusively .NET in a
new application we're starting, or shall we consider a Win32 versions as
well...

I don't know of any, but the marketshare is not what Win32 is. What type of
distribution are you planning on doing? CD distribution should pretty easily
allow installation of the framework.