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

11 Nov 2005 8:14 PM

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

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Fernando Cacciola
SciSoft
http://fcacciola.50webs.com/

11 Nov 2005 8:36 PM

Phil Wilson

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

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Phil Wilson [MVP Windows Installer]
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"Fernando Cacciola" <fernando_cacci***@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> 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
>
>
> --
> Fernando Cacciola
> SciSoft
> http://fcacciola.50webs.com/
>
>
>

12 Nov 2005 12:01 AM

Daniel O'Connell [C# MVP]

"Fernando Cacciola" <fernando_cacci***@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23rh2%23xv5FHA.1032@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> 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.