Re: FYI - installer packages are the preferred deployment method now

FROM : Nick Zitzmann
DATE : Sun Nov 04 23:32:06 2007

On Nov 4, 2007, at 2:45 PM, Torsten Curdt wrote:

> Thanks for the heads up. IMO that is terrible news though. I 
> personally hate package-based installers (big fan ofhttp://www.timdoug.com/unpkg/
>  )



It makes perfect sense for me... Things like the installer in Windows, 
RPM, etc. have gotten so many people to accept that software must be 
installed with installers rather than drag-and-drop, to the point 
where many users don't know how to do a drag-and-drop installation 
anymore. I (not Chronos, but me personally) have actually received 
complaints before because I made some software available without an 
installer, with the expectation that people would know how to do a 
drag-and-drop install.

But now we're going OT, so if anyone wants to reply, then please do so 
off-list...

Nick Zitzmann
<http://www.chronosnet.com/>