kallend 2,182 #1 June 28, 2005 I just installed some software that insisted on downloading Microsoft ".NET Framework" before it would run. What on Earth is MS .NET Framework, and what does it enable the software to do? The software is for programming a fancy brushless DC electric motor speed control by way of the USB port.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChasingBlueSky 0 #2 June 28, 2005 A new(ish) programming framework from MS based off of C#/XML/ADO.NET/ASP.NET/SQL Server that allows for new functionality in Windows. It contains three parts ASP, a common runtime language and something else....drawing a blank. edit: Go ahead and install, all MS based stuff from now on will rely on it._________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest #3 June 28, 2005 QuoteI just installed some software that insisted on downloading Microsoft ".NET Framework" before it would run. What on Earth is MS .NET Framework, and what does it enable the software to do? The software is for programming a fancy brushless DC electric motor speed control by way of the USB port. the short answer is, it's okay to go ahead and install it. It supplies more libraries and so on for development tools and other things not in the center of the beaten path. I've ended up installing it on a dozen or so machines the past couple years without any particular or noticeable downside. You'll still have to reboot Windows every so often to keep it happy. (~) You can have it good, fast, or cheap: pick two. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #4 June 28, 2005 Instead of spending 10 minutes typing the full explaination out, here's a link that says much of the same: http://www.startvbdotnet.com/dotnet/dotnet.aspx Now you know you could have found this information in about 3 seconds by using Google.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,182 #5 June 28, 2005 QuoteInstead of spending 10 minutes typing the full explaination out, here's a link that says much of the same: http://www.startvbdotnet.com/dotnet/dotnet.aspx Now you know you could have found this information in about 3 seconds by using Google. Yes, but I wanted an explanation in English, not Geekspeak.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maxx 1 #6 June 28, 2005 QuoteYes, but I wanted an explanation in English, not Geekspeak Then try wikipedia instead.. I use it more often than google.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_.NET Max Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ianmdrennan 2 #7 June 28, 2005 It's a java like technology where everything that is run is handled through an intermediary system. That system hides the complexity of the Windows 32 operating system calls that a programmer would normally have to code against. Java does the same thing but is Operating system independant. Blues, IanPerformance Designs Factory Team Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,182 #8 June 29, 2005 QuoteQuoteYes, but I wanted an explanation in English, not Geekspeak Then try wikipedia instead.. I use it more often than google.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_.NET Max Cool, so I can even get FORTRAN to run with .NET! I must have 100,000 lines of scientific FORTRAN code that I wrote back in the day that would be nice to power up again. Thanks.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f1freak 0 #9 June 29, 2005 .Net truly opens up so many librarys that can be used by ALL of the MS porgraming languages. It Is a HUGE step forward for us who have been coding in C++, VB, ASP....... I am testing the new VS.net, and I am so happy to see they are adding C++ (last release only had C#) back to the mix..... Y'all can slam MS all you want, but the whole .NET program makes me smile.....HAVE FUN... ...JUST DONT DIE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muenkel 0 #10 June 29, 2005 QuoteYes, but I wanted an explanation in English, not Geekspeak. I feel your pain, John. _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ianmdrennan 2 #11 June 29, 2005 QuoteY'all can slam MS all you want, but the whole .NET program makes me smile..... Yeap. I've made a great living from MS and have been lucky enough to be coding Enterprise Applications since VS2000. Right now VS Whidbey is a nifty tool and the .NET 2.0 framework promises to be good MS make great developer tools IMO. Blues, IanPerformance Designs Factory Team Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
