While both of your points are mostly true but they miss the fact that the official website guides a new user and possible new adopter to a dead end. They also assume that the new user who wishes to evaluate the software has the luxury of time to spend “figuring it out yourself” before even getting to the actual task of building a site.
Experience has taught me (and I am embarrassingly old) that if you wish to increase the adoption of a software product then the installation of that product must be as simple and fast as possible. The official website took the first step in that endeavor but essentially leads the Windows user to the belief that the software will not install on a windows platform. Something we both know is untrue. With open source software increased adoption generally leads to better more rounded software as community input on the core of the software then informs the developers. Right now the lack of a windows installer on the official website actually dissuades the windows users from installing the product. Something I have direct experience in since trying to steer others to the product. >> Dennis it is not on our radar, as the core development team. It is my hope that you change your mind, change your website or enlist others to "officially" help in this endeavor. Because I see it as a key issue for fostering increased adoption on the Windows platform. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jason King Sent: Friday, February 27, 2015 9:05 AM To: Open BlueDragon Subject: Re: [OpenBD] OpenBD IIS - "Coming Soon"? Also, there's plenty of documentation out there about how to set it up. Between the existing available installers (which might not be using most current Openbd), and available info via google, if you're determined to get it working, you can. Plus, figuring it out yourself will teach you about IIS and give you a better understanding of how it all works together, which will be helpful if you're ever troubleshooting a problem down the line, when you have sites online (or possibly offline because something went haywire). On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 5:43 PM, Alan Williamson <[email protected]> wrote: Dennis it is not on our radar, as the core development team. The installers have been maintained by others - Jordan may still be maintaining them -----Original Message----- From: "Halo Maps" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, 26 February, 2015 14:54 To: [email protected] Subject: [OpenBD] OpenBD IIS - "Coming Soon"? I can't wait....well to be truthful I actually can but really don't want to. All sarcasm and flippancy aside, is this something that is going happen any time soon? I am trying to steer some people toward it but without an installer they are very fearful. Thank you for your time. Dennis Powers UXB Internet - A website Design and Hosting Company P.O. Box 6028, Wolcott, CT 06716 - T:203-879-2844 W: http://www.uxbinternet.com W: http://www.ctbusinesslist.com -- -- online documentation: http://openbd.org/manual/ http://groups.google.com/group/openbd?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Open BlueDragon" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- online documentation: http://openbd.org/manual/ http://groups.google.com/group/openbd?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Open BlueDragon" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- online documentation: http://openbd.org/manual/ http://groups.google.com/group/openbd?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Open BlueDragon" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- online documentation: http://openbd.org/manual/ http://groups.google.com/group/openbd?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Open BlueDragon" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
