By the way, since I don't think it was obvious, I am pro-WCF, and I'm glad the codebase moved in that direction.
It's just that practical matter of matching what we like and want (as developers and administrators) with the business reality of what makes sense for Alchemi's "customers", right now. 2008/3/27 Frank Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Jonathan raises a good point. We just upgraded the last of our 2k machines in > January. We couldn't have been the last ones. A quick Google of the subject > showed that as of 2005 half of the business pc were still running win2k and > MS has extended support until 2010. > > http://www.news.com/The-slow-road-to-Windows-XP/2100-1016_3-5746046.html > > On the other hand, Jure has done a lot of good work on WCF. Cheers Jure. I > can live with XP sp2 and higher but I think that making a .net remoting > version (binaries and source) easily accessible might provide benefit to the > win2k folks. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jonathan > Mitchem > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 11:57 AM > To: Jure Subara > Cc: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [Alchemi-developers] Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 > > As far as I understand, .NET 3.0 isn't supported on Windows 2000. > > Personally, I have a 2000 machine and an XP machine. While, for me, > it's simply an annoyance, I'm pretty sure I'm not the only person out > there still using a 2000 machine. > > If we branch the project to create a Remoting version, and a WCF > version, they won't [by default] be compatible with each other... I > can see that leading to even more headaches in terms of deployment. > Granted, I'm sure we could create some sort of middleman to maintain > compatibility, but that's more of a hack than a solution. > > Then again, this might be kind of a naive view of the situation, > because it looks like if we moved from .NET Remoting in the Executor > to something using MSMQ or Enterprise Services, then we should be able > to maintain compatibility with a WCF Manager. > > Any better solutions or feedback? or should we just say "Only runs on > XP SP2 and Higher"? > > > On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 4:35 PM, Jure Subara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am making changes to add support for WCF communication > in Alchemi. > > > > You need to install .NET Framework 3.0 (Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 > > Redistributable > > > Package<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=47&p=1&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=f54f5537-cc86-4bf5-ae44-f5a1e805680d&u=details.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d10CC340B-F857-4A14-83F5-25634C3BF043%26displaylang%3den>) > > to build or use the new version of alchemi. > > > > SDK (Microsoft Windows SDK for .NET Framework > > > 3.0<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=40&p=3&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=10cc340b-f857-4a14-83f5-25634c3bf043&u=http%3a%2f%2fgo.microsoft.com%2ffwlink%2f%3fLinkId%3d74726>) > > or special Visual Studio Extensions (Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 CTP > > Extensions for .NET Framework 3.0 (WCF & > > > WPF)<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=40&p=2&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=10cc340b-f857-4a14-83f5-25634c3bf043&u=http%3a%2f%2fgo.microsoft.com%2ffwlink%2f%3fLinkId%3d74725>) > > are not needed. > > > > Jure Šubara > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Alchemi-developers mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alchemi-developers > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace > _______________________________________________ > > Alchemi-developers mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alchemi-developers > This transmittal from AlphaLit is for the sole use of the intended recipient > and > may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review > or use, > including disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the > intended recipient, > please contact the sender and destroy all copies of the transmittal. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Alchemi-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alchemi-developers
