&gt; Who (in the right mind) doesn&#x27;t reinstall Windows<p>All non-technical people, so 90% of users. I get where you&#x27;re coming from (and you have valid points about speed&#x2F;memory usage) but to say &lt;1% of software on Windows is .NET is frankly wrong. Sure it&#x27;s not 100% and might not even be 50%, but it&#x27;s way way way above 1%.