Re: Software Assurance raises prize 180 %

From: Jan Mitrovics (Mitrovics_at_web.de)
Date: 10/25/04 

Date: 25 Oct 2004 14:17:44 -0700

Ben Hochstrasser wrote:

> Jan Mitrovics wrote:
>
> > I can understand the decision not to ad the US-CD into the box.
>
> I can't. DVDs are cheap these days...
It is probably more a question of licensing and how to avoid misuse.

> > Just adding the subdirectories is a step in the right direction,
> > but of course it would be even better to have a choice to install
> > the German localizations or not (maybe an idea for the next
> > version...).
>
> Here in Switzerland we were given US and local version in one box.

Which version was this? I think the last version, it was done this way
is Delphi 6.

I really mis the old policy, but I can understand the change. There is
definitely room for improvement there. Maybe something like seperating
the localization part from the core product. That would give you the
freedom of choice to install the localization things or not (and bring
you into the faster patch process of the english version).

Jan

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