A nice list. How long they're all around?
I still can't shake the feeling that it's only a matter of time before Moloch gets to them and they'll start serving crapware like any others. I'd love to be wrong on that.
I still can't shake the feeling that it's only a matter of time before Moloch gets to them and they'll start serving crapware like any others. I'd love to be wrong on that.
Our pro-version SAAS business model works great.
Plus we started Ninite because junkware enraged us so much. It's just punching down at non-technical users. I'd kill the company before doing that.
Anyway, we'll be around and junkware free until the world moves to platforms where everything's signed and sandboxed.
I really hope their business model (selling an update tool to private users and a side-wide deploy tool to businesses) works out until there is a usable windows store / package manager around.
Each time I have to help someone setup a new windows laptop I get reminded why I'm using Linux as my main OS ;)
Chocolatey used to mostly be OSS stuff, but it looks like they've expanded with some nerd-favorite proprietary stuff now too. The list is also moderated, so that's a good sign.
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/chocolatey/a8WdEoF-M...