Kicking the programming in TrueSpace can around 2005-06-02 - By Lars Nilsson
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On 6/2/05, David Stubbs <hawksridge@(protected)> wrote:
> Although - Win 2000 and the like is .net capable - to what degree I do not
> know when compared with XP ?
Quoted from the download page[1] for the .NET framework redistributable package:
[snip]
System Requirements
Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows ME,
Windows NT, Windows XP
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 requires Service Pack 6a.
[snip]
"Supported operating system" means .NET programs will work as expected
on these operating systems. Notice how ME, despite being a total
abomination, is supported. None is considered better as far as
supporting .NET is concerned. Normal hardware drivers (not .NET
related) would IMHO play a greater role in running a .NET program on a
particular OS (particularly thinking of graphics drivers).
Having clarified what operating systems are capable of running .NET
programs (using Microsoft's .NET framework, see below for
alternatives), it should also be said that the .NET framework is
pretty much Microsoft's answer to a Java VM and its associated
libraries. An interpreter (a just-in-time compiler and related
technologies are involved) runs your .NET programs, just like a JVM
(from Sun or others) interpret/just-in-time-compiles Java class files.
Final words, .NET does not replace any particular operating system, or
make it impossible to use on the common platforms available. Also,
since Microsoft went through the trouble of standardizing .NET to a
certain extent, it has presumably also made life easier for those that
reverse-engineer/follow-the-spec when implementing a new
.NET-compatible framework (like Mono[2] and DotGNU[3]). The
open-source varieties of .NET have no problem whatsoever (not counting
bugs and unimplemented functionality) running .NET programs compiled
with Microsoft tools. They also function quite well on the various
open-source operating systems, and MacOS X, etc.
Lars Nilsson
[1] http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID&2D25E3-F589-4842
-8157-034D1E7CF3A3&displaylang=en
[2] http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page
[3] http://www.dotgnu.org/
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