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When you purchase software online, would you like a physical CD?

Yes, I would definitely pay extra (around $10) to receive a physical CD.
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I would consider paying a little extra for a CD, and might or might not order one.
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I never (or almost never) would pay extra for a physical CD. Electronic download only is fine for me.
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Would you like a CD with that?

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When purchasing software online, how important to you is the option to pay extra for a physical CD in addition or in place of downloading the software electronically?
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I think it important to have a CD as backup: disks fail, and if you have the important software items on CD you are half-way to getting back to the job in hand!

The suggested $10 sounds rather high to me, though.
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epicure wrote:I think it important to have a CD as backup: disks fail, and if you have the important software items on CD you are half-way to getting back to the job in hand!
Most systems have shipped with CD or DVD burners for years now, and a bulk CD/DVD burner costs almost nothing. Presumably burning ALL your downloaded purchased software on one or a couple of CDs/DVDs as backup yourself is even more time, cost, and space efficient for most people.
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Re: Would you like a CD with that?

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Albert Wiersch wrote:When purchasing software online, how important to you is the option to pay extra for a physical CD in addition or in place of downloading the software electronically?
How long would the CD be current for anyway?

With a program like HTML Validator, updates are frequent so even if a CD was bought or supplied it may not be up-to-date at the time it was needed and a download of the current version would still be neccessary. For very large programs I might consider buying a CD but not for a program of just a couple of megabytes.

All my downloaded software is backed up to floppy, ZIP or another PC as appropriate. I would be very unlucky if they all failed at the same time. :lol:
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paul-white wrote:How long would the CD be current for anyway?

With a program like HTML Validator, updates are frequent so even if a CD was bought or supplied it may not be up-to-date at the time it was needed and a download of the current version would still be neccessary. For very large programs I might consider buying a CD but not for a program of just a couple of megabytes.
Right. I do not think it would be a good idea to offer a CD, but some people have asked for it. It seems like it wouldn't be worth the time and trouble to offer it for a product like CSE HTML Validator which is usually a quick download anyway (and you get the latest version).

Some people might like it more if it included a nice looking box like it does when you buy software from a store, but again, I don't think that would be worth spending the time on. I'd rather add more features and even better syntax checking to HTML Validator. :D
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