That makes perfect sense...

Frank Mantek
Google
On Oct 5, 2007, at 4:39 PM, devdave wrote:

>
> Also, I'm sometimes wary of installers, not knowing exactly what
> they're going to do to my system.  So, I read a little bit and was
> fairly satisfied that I'd be ok before installing.  With a .zip, you
> can just peek at the contents without commitment.
>
> David
>
>
> On Oct 5, 4:47 am, Frank Mantek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> As we just released a new version, I am looking at the download
>> numbesr and see to my surprise that the download between .zip file
>> and .msi file is very evenly spread.
>>
>> Now both packages are content-wise identical, the setup creates a
>> program group for you, put's DLLs in the GAC, but that is all. I
>> would have assumed that most developers would pick the .msi install,
>> as this is the common install technology on Windows.
>>
>> We would like to get some feedback on why people choose the .zip
>> download in favor of the .msi. The reason i like to know this is,
>> that we like to know the platforms this library get's used on. This
>> has effects on future features - if i know that more people than i
>> thought use this on non Windows OS systems, we need to adjust our
>> plan for .NET accordingly.
>>
>> Thank you for your cooperation
>>
>> Frank Mantek
>> Google
>
>
> >


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