So a better digital distribution system could benefit everyone involved. It also makes the purchase process take days (usually) when payment and delivery could and should be immediate. I spend hours every day dealing with sending quotes, purchase orders, invoices, creating customer accounts and license certificates, vendor onboarding, contract negotiation, accounting, taxes, renewals, etc. And even the process of buying Npcap OEM imposes much more friction than it should on both the customers and us (the Nmap Project). While the revenue is essential for the project to survive so it isn't abandoned like the free WinPcap and Win10Pcap projects were, our current mechanisms can impose undesirable friction on the process of downloading, installing, and keeping Npcap up to date. We don't have enough employees doing this now and our current goal is to increase revenue and hire more. Or they can buy the Npcap OEM redistribution license to distribute Npcap OEM with their own software. The OEM Edition allows organizations to automate Npcap deployment with a silent installer and also gain additional internal usage rights (the free version license has a 5-install limit in many cases) and commercial support. We are only able to pay developers to improve and maintain Npcap thanks to revenue from the Npcap OEM program. Does anyone know for sure whether it can? Examples of drivers installed by Winget and/or using the Windows Store would be great.Īnother major requirement is that Npcap or Npcap OEM distribution platforms need to either support Npcap's existing business model, or possibly an alternative/additional model. From some quick searching it's not completely clear whether Winget or the Windows Store can handle device drivers. Npcap includes a system device driver, so the package manager would obviously need to support those. I might try it on my own Windows systems instead of the other package managers I use. Winget is particularly interesting as a new (first released in mid-2020) Microsoft-developed and supported mechanism for independent software vendors to distribute their packages. Thanks for the clarification I'm glad you brought this tool to our attention as we are always exploring the best digital distribution platforms for Npcap (and Nmap).
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