What always suprised me of INSTALLER applications (More specifically windows) is that those are compressed .EXE files that get uncompressed to your TEMP folder

What always suprised me of INSTALLER applications (More specifically windows) is that those are compressed .EXE files that get uncompressed to your TEMP folder as another archive, that then gets decompressed again (and again... )... InstallShield is prime suspect. Then again, EULA (And please, get a pet - cat or dog to sign them) stuff coming from Microsoft needs always to be an .EXE - why - well because you need some kind of dialog to sign off the EULA (even a .doc file might come as EXE). I just hate installer programs... And Adobe screwing up on the Mac where this could be avoided by using plain-old DMG files - is just stoopid.