[Lazarus] [Fwd: Re: Is Lazarus a Delphi plagiat?]

[Vincent Snijders]

Hans-Peter Diettrich schreef:
> IMO a good add-on to the "Lazarus is invisible?" thread.
> 

> Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote:
>> [snip]
> 
> DoDi, your attitude does not help the Lazarus image. Lazarus, like many
> (most?) OS projects *is* difficult to understand when looking through the
> eyes of a person not yet familiar with Lazarus or the organization of the web
> pages/documentation. Most OS devs have grown with the project and have never
> seen the steep hill in front of the newbie.
> 
> Just go to the Lazarus web page (http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/) and look
> for installation instructions -  nothing visible...
> 

I must be a very experienced OS project user: I just look for a download 
link, then I can choose windows 32 bits, and a version (not the old 
releases), and I get an exe. What to do with it? Run it, and Lazarus 
installs.

It simply didn't come to my mind, that people wanted to install it, 
without downloading.

Vincent