No. ENABLING .NET on your PLATFORM is optional. However, including the .NET Compact Framework in your platform has a number of benefits. The .NET Compact Framework is a subset of the popular .NET Framework and is fully SUPPORTED by Visual Studio .NET 2003. It enables millions of Visual Studio .NET developers to quickly and EASILY target your custom platform USING skills that they already know. Second, the .NET Compact Framework provides a powerful, XML Web Services enabled execution environment for your platform, including support for Windows Forms, Microsoft ADO .NET data access, networking, and more.

No. Enabling .NET on your platform is optional. However, including the .NET Compact Framework in your platform has a number of benefits. The .NET Compact Framework is a subset of the popular .NET Framework and is fully supported by Visual Studio .NET 2003. It enables millions of Visual Studio .NET developers to quickly and easily target your custom platform using skills that they already know. Second, the .NET Compact Framework provides a powerful, XML Web Services enabled execution environment for your platform, including support for Windows Forms, Microsoft ADO .NET data access, networking, and more.