.NET Framework penetration

Approximately three years ago, we shipped the first version of C# along with VS 2002 and .NET Framework 1.0.  Early on, there was a lot of concern about how quickly we could get broad distribution of the framework so that application developers could reduce or eliminate the need to redistribute it with their applications.

Our marketing team tracks this kind of thing regularly.  I thought it would be valuable to share some of the recent data, which shows very broad penetration of the framework:

• More than 120M copies of the .NET Framework have been downloaded and installed using either Microsoft downloads or Windows Update
• More than 85% of new consumer PCs sold in 2004 had the .NET Framework installed
• More than 58% of business PCs have the .NET Framework preinstalled or preloaded
• Every new HP consumer imaging device (printer/scanner/camera) will install the .NET Framework if it’s not already there – that’s 3M units per year
• Every new Microsoft IntelliPoint mouse software CD ships with the .NET Framework

--Scott

Comments

• Anonymous
  March 09, 2005
  Which version of the .Net framework? Are there compatibility issues between different versions of the .Net framework?
  
  Of current machines running Windows worldwide, what percent have the .Net framework?

• Anonymous
  March 09, 2005
  It's too bad that 99% of all statistics are wrong ;)

• Anonymous
  March 09, 2005
  I don't have the breakdown of versions -- that's a good question.
  
  Applications written for .NET Framework 1.0 can run under 1.1, so developers can target all versions by building apps that target 1.0.
  
  If a developer writes an app that targets 1.1, e.g., that uses an API that was added in 1.1, then it will not work against 1.0.
  
  It's harder to answer this question: "Of current machines running Windows worldwide, what percent have the .Net framework?" since for privacy reasons I don't think it's possible to gather this information without the user's permission. (Caveat -- I am not a privacy expert.)

• Anonymous
  March 09, 2005
  Why did it not get installed as part of XP SP1 ?

• Anonymous
  March 09, 2005
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• Anonymous
  March 09, 2005
  Scott -
  
  "More than 58% of business PCs have the .NET Framework preinstalled or preloaded".
  
  That's fine but not a real reflection: I work for a truly huge company (think fortune 500), and my wife in a separate f500 company. Both uninstall the preinstalled OS, and place a corporate build of win2k on all desktops minus .NET. I know of at least two other companies (one motor, one electric) that do the same.
  
  - Barry.

• Anonymous
  March 10, 2005
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• Anonymous
  March 24, 2005
  "Of current machines running Windows worldwide, what percent have the .Net framework?"
  
  Scott, i think its easy to answer that question by datamining weblogs of some public non-developer site, say msn.com. % of IE visitors who have .NET installed will be very valuable datapoint.

• Anonymous
  March 25, 2005
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• Anonymous
  May 20, 2005
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• Anonymous
  September 14, 2007
  Disclaimer: I'm no MS/.Net evangelist. I'm just a computer software developer that wants to share

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  November 03, 2008
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  January 18, 2009
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  May 29, 2009
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  June 19, 2009
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