From: Sebastian G. on
Sten Westerback (MVP SDK 2005-6 :) wrote:


>> So where does Microsoft say it's a bad idea to write services in C#?
> I don't think they say it directly.. but services are supposed to be
> optimized and efficient... ;)


AFAIR a Microsoft professional really said it directly. Read it somewhere at
Technet or blogs.msdn.com. Basically, the CLR is not supposed to fit into
the tight security requirements of a system service.
From: Scott Seligman on
seppi(a)seppig.de wrote:
>Sten Westerback (MVP SDK 2005-6 :) wrote:
>
>>> So where does Microsoft say it's a bad idea to write services in C#?
>> I don't think they say it directly.. but services are supposed to be
>> optimized and efficient... ;)
>
>AFAIR a Microsoft professional really said it directly. Read it somewhere at
>Technet or blogs.msdn.com. Basically, the CLR is not supposed to fit into
>the tight security requirements of a system service.

Then they should stop shipping a CLR Service (Windows Mobile
Device Center) =)

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