.NET Framework dependency

Question

When developing a desktop application in .NET, is it possible to not require the .NET Framework? Is developing software in .NET a preferred way to develop desktop applicati

Answer 1

The nice thing about the .NET framework is that Windows XP has the 2.0 framework runtime library installed by default

Since when? I've had to tell lots of our windows XP users to install it. Yes you can pull it down through windows update, but I'm pretty confident it's an optional install and not something that happens automatically.

and Vista has 3.5 installed

No, it has 3.0 installed. You get WPF, but you don't get linq