From: Mike N. 

On Tue, 17 May 2005 13:17:10 -0400, "Gary Britt"
 wrote:

>Why use .Net at all??  Since .Net runs in a runtime environment and only on
> Win32, why use .Net at all?  I mean why not just cut out the runtime layer
>bloat and go straight to win32 programming??

   It depends on available developer resources, target installation, and
application goals.  A good reason to go with .Net is reduced development
time due to a large library.  A good reason to avoid .Net is for the
reasons you mentioned - smaller runtime memory usage, often faster speed,
compatibility with older platforms (W98, etc).

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