NET framework question

[Cooter]

Are there two versions of Microsoft's NET? Sometime back I read an article
claiming MS was logging user info via the Passport / NET service. Is this
the same NET as NET framework? I need NET framework before installing a new
app, but don't want to get tangled up with Passport and / or any MS spying.
Can anyone straighten me out on this?

Thanks,
Cooter

 

[wally]

There are 4 version of the .Net framework - 1.0, 1.1, 2.0 and 3.0 (just
released).

You will need the specific .Net framework for whatever app you want to run.
That's approx a 25MB dl for each framework you want to install. This
nightmare is just beginning. How mush drive space will Microsoft eventually
consume with this bloated, ill-thought-out piece of crap? We're at 100 MB
for the framework (BEFORE they're unzipped and installed) and we'll surely
go up from there.

The neat thing is that Microsoft is not pushing this out via bittorrents as
a priority upgrade (even though they say it is the future of Windows
programming - God help us all). Nope, each software vender is responsible
for adding the framework to his/her application. That increases every .Net
application download by about 25 MB. Not a big deal if you're on broadband,
but one hell of deal if you're a part of the almost 50% of Americans that
still don't have access to broadband.

This is one of the biggest mistakes I have ever seen a company as large as
Microsoft make. It will be an unmitigated disaster for the OS and for the
application market.

Look for less and less freeware that is actually powerful and worth having.
That means higher software prices and fewer choices for consumers like
yourself.

Well, I've got to get off the soapbox and get back to work.

Good luck to you!

 

[wally]

Got a little off track from your original question.....

No. The Passport/Net is just named that. It is not the framework. The
..Net framework is a separate download.

The .Net passport does not require a passport account to DL or install.
And, as far as I know, it does not end any info back to Microsoft.

 

[DanS]

You will need the specific .Net framework for whatever app you want to
run. That's approx a 25MB dl for each framework you want to install.
This nightmare is just beginning. How mush drive space will Microsoft
eventually consume with this bloated, ill-thought-out piece of crap?

Are you a programmer ?!

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Are you a programmer ?!

At today's typical hard drive prices, you get about 1GB for a dollar (US).
That means that 25MB is about two and a half cents worth. It's very hard to
imagine getting all worked up about an extra 2.5 cents worth of disk space,
even if you had to install it multiple times (which you don't).

 

[Guest]

300GB drives are selling for $89.00 at Fry's right now. That's way less
than $1.00. ;~]]

MD

 

[wally]

Are you a programmer ?!

Only for 22 years.....

 

[DanS]

Only for 22 years.....

Me not for 22 years, but for enough. I myself have not been able to plunge
into .Net yet. Not sure if I ever will.

DanS