On May 31, 2007, at 2:52 PM, Rick Gigger wrote:

If you were installing binaries, and if you had a nice gui, to handle not only installing the software but also to handle seamlessly keeping it up to date, then I think it would be a GREAT tool for your average user.  Until then they are going to stick to installing via drag and drop .app folders.


Isn't this some of what Port Authority was doing? I haven't used it in a long time, but I thought it held out the promise of this kind of elegant simplicity. 

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