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Re: bundling software with TSVN?

From: Lorenz <lorenznl_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:25:38 +0000

Stefan Küng wrote:
>As you guys may know, TSVN has become quite popular and therefore gets
>noticed also by marketing companies.
>I just received an offer to bundle a shopping toolbar with the TSVN
>installer. I know, I know, most of those are considered spy/ad/malware.
>And even if they don't spy or do any harm to the user, most people
>consider this very bad, at least annoying. I know that. But: it would be
>a way to make some money from TSVN.
>Of course, the installation would be optional, and not 'hidden', not
>even hidden as a TSVN installation option (like for example the
>dictionaries in the current installer) but clearly advertised on the
>last page of the installer (after TSVN has been installed, the very last
>page where we state "installation successful").

if it's optional, I won't install it -> no revenue 8-)

But I wouldn't mind the installer asking (very) prominently for a
donation and presenting a link to the donation page .

And no, I wouldn't count something like "please consider donating ..."
as "begging"!

_And_: the easier and faster the donation process the more users will
donate. That also means you should provide multiply ways for the
donation: Credit card, bank transfer, click-and-buy, paypal, ...

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