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Windows 10 Package Manager vs. Chocolatey
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wraith808:
Apparently Windows 10 is going to have a proper package manager. Except... with the way that they've gone with the Windows Store, I'm not sure if that's a good or a bad thing.
Enter Chocolatey. It is a package manager... and exists. And is OSS.
... or not.
Enter the new version of Chocolatey. That was a successful Kickstarter project. And mentioned... Chocolatey Pro.
Anyone have any thoughts on this? I love Chocolatey. But I hate the dichotomy of a pro version vs. a 'community' version. And I don't trust Microsoft to have our best interests at heart... even with their embrace of OSS. And this is from someone that loves MS products and .NET.
40hz:
Got a client working with the currently available version for a proof of concept project. If you're maintaining your own private software repository, some of those pro features possibly aren't as important.
It all looks good so far - but the jury is still out. 8)
re: Community vs Pro
My feeling is "however the developer wants to structure it." They did the work - they get to decide how to distribute/sell it. That's only fair. If the community edition is so crippled it doesn't work in a real world setting, or their Kickstarter tries to pull a bait & switch, word gets around fast. If that is the case, the community input (and free QC and bug hunting) soon dries up. It's a self-correcting relationship.
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