Java vs .NET on Win2k

    On the advice of a good person, rodem decided to use Paraffin when creating the WiX installation (described in my previous post).

    But, quite unexpectedly, I ran into a problem - Paraffin requires .NET 3.5 to work, and the maximum .NET that I can put on the build machine (for licensing reasons it is Win2k) - .NET 2.0

    Of course, the source code for Solution is attached to paraffin file for Visual Studio, and quite possibly it can be rebuilt to work with .NET 2.0 - only I'm afraid I don’t have enough time for all this.

    Again - by no means going to arrange another dispute which is better - Java or .NET (I think both are good for their tasks).

    Another interesting thing is why Java works on Win2k including the latest versions (I haven’t tried 7-ku - well, it’s not in production yet) - and .NET stopped at quite ancient 2.0 (despite the fact that both .NET and Windows are developed the same company and, it would seem, to ensure compatibility is much easier)?

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