On 2016-11-08 02:27, Lars via Lazarus wrote: > Maybe not a huge issue with todays high speed internet connections, but it > still is another dependency.
Not all internet connections are equal in all countries. In the UK, 8Mbps is currently the average speed. In South Africa the average speed would be 256-512Kbps (yes, that's with a K). The highest "reliable" speed (take that with a huge pinch of salt - as you never get close to that speed in reality) in South Africa is 4Mbps. A stark contrast to the UK's affordable and reliable 75-200Mbps. And apparently the UK is lagging behind other countries too. So an additional 10MB download can make a huge difference, depending where in the world you live. Adding a 100-300MB for each application download is simply absurd. Regards, Graeme -- fpGUI Toolkit - a cross-platform GUI toolkit using Free Pascal http://fpgui.sourceforge.net/ My public PGP key: http://tinyurl.com/graeme-pgp -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org http://lists.lazarus-ide.org/listinfo/lazarus
