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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