Re: bundling software with TSVN?

On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:13:10 +0000, "Simon Large"

<simon.tortoisesvn_at_googlemail.com> wrote:

> I am not at all comfortable with this either. A shopping toolbar is

> going to be of interest to 0.000001% of developers (OK, I haven't done

> any market research so there may be 10% error in that value ;-) so the

> only people who will install it are the ones who aren't paying

> attention and do so by accident. Which means they will be annoyed, you

> will get almost no revenue and TSVN will look bad.

>

> I don't really like the ads on our website, but at least they are

> relatively unintrusive and I can ignore them. I really hate it when

> programs offer to install something completely unrelated. Even if it

> isn't malware, we will get a lot of people worrying that it is and

> that will damage TortoiseSVN's reputation.

"No" from me as well. I'd rather see TSVN survive as a completely ad/spam

free product.

As a student, my funds are limited as well, but if it comes to such "spam"

in TSVN, I'll gladly donate whatever my share would be.

Actually, I wouldn't mind an "If you like this product, please consider

donating any amount" notice as the last page of the installation. If I was

asked nicely, like that, I would probably be much more eager to donate.

- Zero3Cool

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Received on 2008-03-10 23:08:33 CET