The most popular part of my blog is the posts that I have made on how to get .NET 3.5 (partially) working in Windows 2000, so why am I not continuing this with .NET 4.0?
The truth is that I originally did the .NET 3.5 approach for a specific project where a client of mine had a large number of Windows 2000 PCs. I wanted to be able to use .NET 3.5, and I didn’t want him to be saddled with the upgrade costs. However, since then, he has been gradually replacing those PCs with Windows XP and now Windows 7 PCs, until he only had 2 or 3 Windows 2000 machines left. I recommended to him that it was better for him to upgrade/replace the last ones rather than me trying to get .NET 4.0 working on the old ones, which probably wouldn’t be as cost efficient.
I realise that this might be a disappointment to some people who have still got lots of Windows 2000 machines out there. If anyone does come up with a way of doing it (possibly based on my .NET 3.5 approach), please let me know and I’ll post it up, crediting you.
