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Originally Posted by wpeace
Wouldn't it be even easier to just convert it to a .exe file to avoid having to use any other program? That way people don't have to think about it, just click on the file to extract. I notice quite a few other vendors are doing that.
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I see your BillyG badge
exe is not portable.
zip has been around longer than rar so almost any OS can handle it without purchasing a 3rd party program (or trusting freeware).
There is absolutely no real reason that Astak could not put multiple self extracting versions up on their Web page aimed at the various OS
Server Disc space is cheap, they could also run a bittorrent tracker to control the distribution that way. I leave my seeds of the Baen CD's available (a Legal torrent use), a few more would not impact me much. All Astak needs to do is make an "Official" tracker site.