Hello, I was wondering if anyone here could settle an argument.
At work, we code everything in delphi (using v7 because we didnt like how 'flaky' v8 was).
I was chatting to my manager here about moving our products up to .net, instead of win32 in order to future-proof our products.
His argument is that in a few years, .net would be redundant due to win32 still being supported until 64 bit instructions become the 'standard'.
He put forward a good argument that although Microsoft are pushing their .Net system to developers, they themselves havent started using .Net themselves in their consumer products, i.e. Microsoft Office etc.
I havent used Office 2003 in a while so i cant remember off the top of my head if this is based on .net, but I have a feeling that it isnt.
Also, when the next windows comes out (longhorn) that platform would still support win32, mainly because drivers need 32bit access to hardware registers etc, and .Net appears to be only a layer between programs and win32.
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Hello, I was wondering if anyone here could settle an argument.
At work, we code everything in delphi (using v7 because we didnt like how 'flaky' v8 was).
I was chatting to my manager here about moving our products up to .net, instead of win32 in order to future-proof our products.
His argument is that in a few years, .net would be redundant due to win32 still being supported until 64 bit instructions become the 'standard'.
He put forward a good argument that although Microsoft are pushing their .Net system to developers, they themselves havent started using .Net themselves in their consumer products, i.e. Microsoft Office etc.
I havent used Office 2003 in a while so i cant remember off the top of my head if this is based on .net, but I have a feeling that it isnt.
Also, when the next windows comes out (longhorn) that platform would still support win32, mainly because drivers need 32bit access to hardware registers etc, and .Net appears to be only a layer between programs and win32.
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