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Re: While we're on the subject of DMG's for software distribution...
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Re: While we're on the subject of DMG's for software distribution...


  • Subject: Re: While we're on the subject of DMG's for software distribution...
  • From: "Sherm Pendley" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:49:01 -0400

On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 3:40 AM, Charles Srstka <email@hidden>wrote:

>
> Anyway, if Mac software starts heading back down the road to everything
> having an installer, the appeal of the Mac platform vs. Windows will be
> severely diminished in my eyes.


I agree with you to a point, but... "severely diminished"? One presumably
will be *using* a piece of software far more often than installing it, so
let's try to keep things in perspective.


> installers put the user at their mercy


Yeah, if only there were an app that would let users look inside installer
packages... It would ease their troubled minds, so perhaps it could be
called "Peaceful" or something like that... :-)

sherm--

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