Well, I don't feel like it really had any future. Sysadmins knew MS was going to launch this thing soon and Chocolatey requires trust in some random third party

Well, I don't feel like it really had any future. Sysadmins knew MS was going to launch this thing soon and Chocolatey requires trust in some random third party, which is unsettling. My understanding is they recently tried a more linuxy volunteer based system, but frankly its too little too late. I'd say once this launches Chocolatey is dead. I guess it could work with this system, but why bother with all of its liabilities? You can just build a local package source on a shared drive and call it a day. Or I could see an official one eventually hosted by MS. Enterprise needs some level of protection against poisoned sources. Also, word to to wise, if you want to push your software in an environment full of regulations, PHB's, etc pick a professional name for it. There's a reason people pay for Photoshop or use Paint.net instead of The Gimp. Or why the FCK editor goes by the name CK editor now.