Quote Originally Posted by dday9 View Post
Did you run out of arguments so you had to resort to the old "The framework is big" statement? From what I understand with .NET Native(discussed on Page 1 of this thread!) will be getting rid of that argument too.
The VB6 runtime was no bed of roses either. I got complaints from people in the past about having to install the runtime to use VB6 apps. These were people who were used to using tools written in C++, most of which didn't require runtime installation. Also, QuickBasic didn't even need a runtime. It was statically linked into the EXE. Talking about the "big framework" is really a stupid argument against .Net because you're not really building a case for VB6 but rather a case for C++, BASICA, QuickBasic.

Point I'm making is that "big" is relative. The VB6 runtime might be small or an insignificant hassle to a VB6 developer but there are people who would consider it just as annoying as the hassle that comes with the .Net Framework. I've experienced this as I've said.