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 > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Data API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-help-dataapi?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
