{"id":441,"date":"2016-05-15T17:01:35","date_gmt":"2016-05-16T01:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.installaware.com\/blog\/?p=441"},"modified":"2016-05-20T16:51:05","modified_gmt":"2016-05-21T00:51:05","slug":"wikipedia-censors-installaware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.installaware.com\/blog\/?p=441","title":{"rendered":"Wikipedia Censors InstallAware"},"content":{"rendered":"

InstallAware<\/strong>, the only alternative to InstallShield, failed to get its Wikipedia article published despite years of trying.<\/p>\n

Even after hiring a specialist, conducting months of revisions, and ensuring that the InstallAware<\/strong> article has more quantity and quality of citations than InstallShield (which does have a Wikipedia article), Wikipedia editors merely wrote “You may as well give up<\/em>,” as seen on http:\/\/www.installaware.com\/wikipediatalkpage.asp<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wikipedia first claimed InstallAware<\/strong> was advertising on Wikipedia. Then, InstallAware<\/strong>‘s citations were not good enough. The final excuse? InstallAware<\/strong> was not “significant enough”, failing to meet Wikipedia’s notability criteria.<\/p>\n

InstallAware<\/strong>‘s significance is beyond question:<\/p>\n

100,000+ strong user base.<\/strong><\/p>\n

12+ years in the business.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Most Advanced Installer Technology<\/strong>: Prompting multiple hostile takeover attempts<\/strong> and parasitic SEO attacks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Faster, Smaller, More Stable Installers than InstallShield<\/strong>: Also a more robust build environment as illustrated in a recent acid test<\/strong> (http:\/\/www.installaware.com\/news-instal … taller.htm<\/a>).<\/p>\n

More Secure than InstallShield<\/strong>: Never opened up end-user systems to attack vectors<\/strong>, or adversely affected by Windows Security Updates<\/strong> (http:\/\/www.installaware.com\/news-Micros … Shield.htm<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Tens of Awards<\/strong>: Including Microsoft’s Visual Studio Sim-Ship Award<\/strong>, ComponentSource’s Top Product and Top Publisher Awards<\/strong>, Visual Studio Magazine’s Reader’s Choice Awards<\/strong>, SD Times’s “Leader of the Software Development Industry” Awards<\/strong>, and the Windows IT Pro Community Award<\/strong>, among other recognition from the press, industry analysts, and most importantly, the testament of thousands of real-world software developers who have coined the term “InstallAware is the Convenience of Obviousness<\/strong>,” in comparing InstallAware<\/strong> to other Windows Installer solutions.<\/p>\n

Wikipedia has been receiving increasing coverage in academia, where the double standards and unaccountable dispositions of Wikipedia editors have been demonstrated with scientific rigor. See, for example, https:\/\/www-users.cs.umn.edu\/~halfak\/pu … d_Decline\/<\/a> and http:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/1999-5903\/8\/2\/14\/html<\/a>.<\/p>\n

All of us at InstallAware<\/strong> are deeply saddened that, as observed elsewhere (https:\/\/news.slashdot.org\/comments.pl?s … d=52114135<\/a>), Wikipedia is out of touch with its original egalitarian ideals, serving as a source of disinformation for interests outside of itself.<\/p>\n

The obstinacy of Wikipedians are even driving their own ranks to suicide:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/motherboard.vice.com\/read\/wikipedia-editor-says-sites-toxic-community-has-him-contemplating-suicide<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

InstallAware, the only alternative to InstallShield, failed to get its Wikipedia article published despite years of trying. Even after hiring a specialist, conducting months of revisions, and ensuring that the InstallAware article has more quantity and quality of citations than InstallShield (which does have a Wikipedia article), Wikipedia editors merely wrote “You may as well … <\/p>\n

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