PDiFolco -> RE: Download issue (12/5/2008 11:07:06 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins quote:
ORIGINAL: PDiFolco Just a question/suggestion : I can't understand why Matrix d/l store always has zipped files, of 500MB-1GB up to now, here 2GB+, when the size decrease is very small (usually less than 5%) compared to the exe inside, given the time lost and HDD space needed for unzipping, and now there was a faulty zip... Why not just put the exe to d/l ? [&:] We used to do that, but found that some people had anti-virus software that would absolutely disallow them downloading an exe file under any circumstances. Rather than embark on a rather large training, support and education project, we started zipping the files. It also gives us another way to help prevent file corruption (though that didn't help in this case for the original download file). Ok, kind'a "commercial" reason, but you can't fight the wind... Yet it'll help (me at least) to be able to alternatively d/l exe files, I'm educated and doesn't shun exes, only DRM viruses[:'(]
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