.NET Framework 4 vs 4 Client Profile
When working in an enterprise environment, utilising any software or package must be justified with logical reasons, feasible operational process and most importantly practical cost. Since the place I work for is only struggled to upgrade all PCs to Windows 7, and it is all to do with the d iscontinuation of XP, you can image it is a bit hard to simply roll out latest .NET 4.5 without any objections from IS and IT teams. For this reason, and also luckily we have got XP SP 3 at least, a proven version of .NET 4 is more acceptable. Yet like its predecessor 3.5, the framework has two versions, one more conventional, and another called Client Profile. So what are the differences between them two and how to decide when to use any of them? According to Microsoft: " The .NET Framework 4 and earlier versions provided two deployment options: the full .NET Framework and the Client Profile, which was a subset of the .NET Framework that was optimized for client applicatio...