Anyone wanna do a package manager for Windows?

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1 points by wizlb 6419 days ago

Imagine if you could sit down to a clean install of Windows and get all of your favorite programs installed as easily as if it were Ubuntu or OpenSUSE?

I'm thinking that you could easily tie it into an app-store where some money could be made by reselling commercial apps.

Thoughts? If you're interested, email me at wb.stow at the gmail.com

Thanks.

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nreece 6419 days ago

See 'YCombinator Startup Creates A Better Download App Store For Windows (BaseShield)': http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/25/ycombinator-startup-cre...

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wizlb 6418 days ago

Thanks. I don't like the way that one works though.

"The apps run on a virtualization layer on top of the OS..."

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