> Of course not. I guess the main pint is what was raised yesterday: > windows-users are used to a setup.exe. They might actually pay several > hundred dollars for that together with a book if that means they don't have > to figure out how it should be compiled, etc.
So very true. As the OpenOffice folks have discovered, you actually often need to charge for something for people to use it - especially companies. They frequently get questions like "so... how do I buy this, anyway?" with people just refusing to take "just download it" for an answer. "But then how do I prove I've bought it?". So... there's a lot to be said for a small box with a CD in it and a "getting started guide". Craig Ringer
