.NET platform

I pretty much know the answer to this, and it's like asking if you can run Java without the JVM....but my company just got VS .NET, and we'd like to put out some small programs (2-6 mb) that were developed in the .NET environment. (C# specifically.)

As you can guess...the necessity of downloading or porting the 20mb monstrocity that is the .NET platform isn't really feasable. Is there a way to include the specific .dll's that the programs are missing when run on a non-.NET enabled machine. (I know the answer is no becuase of the JIT compiling...just looking in vain for a clever work around I guess...)

Links would be great to any page that covers this topic. Everything I've found so far paints a gloomy picture.

Isn't it ironic that Micro$oft bad-mouthed Java for so long about having to tote around the JVM... :rolleyes:

I dont know about the VS .net, but visual basic packages all files needed when you use the package and deploy wizard