Path: csiph.com!feeder.erje.net!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.kamp.net!newsfeed.kamp.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Osmium" Newsgroups: comp.programming Subject: Re: To hell with the program spec - I know what's best Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 22:37:28 -0500 Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net aVSlvqSCxlrO4cyws5J2nwQRZVjY1KERaYQk/IQyuLd7cX8iJv Cancel-Lock: sha1:6CTFiaTsrtwCSO0qadj9DREZ+QU= X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Xref: csiph.com comp.programming:6847 "Wally W." wrote: > On Wed, 27 Jul 2016 11:04:34 +0100, BartC wrote: > >>On 27/07/2016 08:10, Richard Heathfield wrote: >>> If the client wants an installer/uninstaller, he'll ask for it. Since he >>> didn't ask for it, he sure as hell isn't liable to pay for it. >> >>Such things ought to be assumed to be part of any application anyway. >>Otherwise the client might now pay anything if they can't figure out how >>to get it and use it. > > If I have a choice between a versio with an installer and one in a zip > file that is portable without the cursed "installation" process, the > version in a zip file wins every time. > > If I have a choice between Vendor A's program with an installer and > Vendor B's program that meets my need and doesn't afflict me with a > cursed "installation" process, Vendor B wins every time. I absolutely agree, if there are no more constraints than have been listed so far for the ZIP version. One constraint that I am almost certain exists is the program vendor can't put the cute Windows icon on his packaging. Marketing people associated with the program would create a huge fuss, giving µsoft a lot of leverage.