Do I need .Net Framework?

On Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:47:21 GMT, "John"
<john.plant90nospam.TakeThisOut@ntlworld.com> wrote:

> I downloaded an update and now I am wondering if .Net Framework is of any
> use to a simple soul like me.


The .net framework is a set of run time files used by any program
written with .net. If you run programs written with .net you need this
file (actually several different versions of the.net framework; one
version doesn't always substitute for an earlier one).

I don't know whether you run any such programs, but if you do, and you
remove the needed .net framework file, the programs will fail to work.
And if you don't run any such programs, you probably will soon; they
are becoming more and more common.



> Also what is Silverlite?


See http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/

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Fri, 1 Feb 2008 16:09:14 -0600 from Shenan Stanley
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> John wrote:
> Also what is Silverlite?
>
> A Google for "what is Microsoft Silverlight"...
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=what+is+Microsoft+Silverlight
>
> Should lead you to:
> http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/

Which doesn't exactly answer the question.

> Or better yet:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Silverlight

Which does.

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Benefits of the Microsoft .NET Framework
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/829019

Re: Silverlight -
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb404300.aspx



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"John" <john.plant90nospam.RemoveThis@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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|I downloaded an update and now I am wondering if .Net Framework is of any
| use to a simple soul like me. Also what is Silverlite?
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"John" wrote:

> I downloaded an update and now I am wondering if .Net Framework is of any
> use to a simple soul like me.

You would know if you did, because of .net dependent programs that wouldn't
run. The same is true for Java. There are in any case several releases of the
..net runtime, and it's often necessary to have the right one for the program,
so really no point in installing until there's a need for it.

I'm unaware of any problems caused by installing .net (other than the
obvious one of taking-up disk space) but Java has had a long history of
security issues, therefore I only install Java when needed. Which isn't very
often.
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