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To: John Guild who wrote (27513)	7/28/1997 10:19:00 AM
From: Tom Carroll	of 58324

RE: Software on Zip John and all, That link to a software-on-Zip offer is instructive in the extreme. Thanks. It suggests a new mode of software distribution. Instead of using a Zip to distribute software for installation on one's hard drive, a software firm could use the Zip to distribute software that would simply run directly off the Zip, in perpetuity. My guess is that this could become very popular. Windows could even include some kind of "Zip-look" utility that would peek at any inserted Zip disk to see if it's a "software module" and, if so, add its shortcut to one's desktop, etc. All this would avoid all the installation hassles currently associated with any apps one uses. This could very well prove to be popular as a medium for software distribution. If you're buying an app for a couple hundred bucks, the cost of the Zip disk would be a trivial component of the total cost, especially if using it means you can avoid all the costs associated with install programs and all the beta testing and tech support that goes with them. Cheers (or, as the hippies used to say, peacelovedope <g>), Tom (long IOM)

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