Re: .Net 1.1 versus .Net 2.0

microsoft.public.dotnet.framework

19 Apr 2007 4:57 AM

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"Luc The Perverse" <sll_noSpamlicious_z_XXX_m@cc.usu.edu> wrote in
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> And where is 2 billion PCs coming from? Did MS say 1/4 of computers
> have .NET - or is this another figure that you are making up.
>
> If every man woman and child in a developed country had 1 one computer
> with .NET on it that would be WAY over the 500 M mark. I,
> personally, have 2 computers in my house, 2 computers at work which
> are "mine" and all have .NET on them. (I didn't count my Linux server
> or embedded machine) I would say the estimate seems about right.
>

I believe the world average is 100PCs per 1000 people. But of course in
developed countries the number is much higher. There is an esimated 1
billion PCs in the world. With Microsoft having ~90% of the desktop market,
it's not surprising there are over 500 million PCs with .NET on it. The
other 500 million are probably obsolete PCs ;-)