Cassady and Green should be ashamed of their packaging
I won Captain Bumper, Spell Checker 8, and Grammaterian X all from Cassady and Green. I havnt installed anything yet, but the three titles came in big, double layer cardboard boxes with just a cd, not even in a jewel case, inside. Talk about wasting the resources of the Earth.
Fortunately, alot of developers are shipping things in DVD sized mini boxes like Aspyr. I hope other companies emulate Aspyr, it saves resources, money, and more shelf space for mac apps.
Fortunately, alot of developers are shipping things in DVD sized mini boxes like Aspyr. I hope other companies emulate Aspyr, it saves resources, money, and more shelf space for mac apps.
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it save trees :cool: .
-Owl
Sometimes it is due to lack of proper packaging but most likely it is just upper managements lack of brain power...
I have shipped pamphlets in 24x12 inch boxes... and "three tons" of styrofoam filler...
It also can have to do with the fact that small items can be easily lost...
finally the "white collars" got around to ordering package nets from UPS for small packages...
Could have fit 16 packs in that box easy. I wonder what they waste on shipping and packaging every year...
Remember, it's cheaper to use less material anyway (with maybe the exception of those damn packing peanuts) and air is very much a renewable resource. Volume alone can be deceiving.
Now on the other hand, a lot of these software packages are big because the large boxes grab people's attention better on the store shelves, and people feel like they're getting more for their money. So a lot of companies gear their stuff to look from the store window and on the shelf at the expense of efficient packaging. Even soda cans aren't the most efficient use of material for holding a volume of liquid. they would be more squat and wide, a square then looked at from the side, with a cylindrical top view (sphere would be most efficient, but they roll around).