>>>http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/PleaseLinker.html
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>>Fox has a runtime library...what's the big deal - considering that .NET will end up shipping with Windows anyway??????
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>>I think Joel may be factually inaccurate here....
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>So what about his point on the "new" revisions. How large is the update going to be each time, even after .net is part of the OS?

Large enough to be considered a denial-of-service attack, given the network congestion it will cause.