> Can I build simple console apps with this and deploy to machines without the .NET runtime?
> No
Darn. I was hopeful that this would help us run .NET applications in Wine by eliminating the need for the full VM, but it appears not.
> Besides, unless you have some Windows 98 machines sitting around nearly every PC has the .NET runtime.
Well, or a Unix machine trying to run Windows apps in Wine. We are (well, one single dev is, really) still trying to get Mono to work for us, but it's a very long road to get the missing APIs and VM features in place.
> Can I build simple console apps with this and deploy to machines without the .NET runtime?
> No
Darn. I was hopeful that this would help us run .NET applications in Wine by eliminating the need for the full VM, but it appears not.
> Besides, unless you have some Windows 98 machines sitting around nearly every PC has the .NET runtime.
Well, or a Unix machine trying to run Windows apps in Wine. We are (well, one single dev is, really) still trying to get Mono to work for us, but it's a very long road to get the missing APIs and VM features in place.