I'm not sure about when KiXtart becomes "bloatware", but there is something there are a few points I'd like to make:

1. We are using KiXtart to do everything from mapping drives to adding entries to a database to calculating mathematical functions.

2. As Microsoft releases new operating systems, KiXtart MUST support them with new versions, whether it be 100kb or 500kb.

3. The price for high speed connections is approaching the price for dial-up connections, so size is not as big of an issue as it once was.

4. Older versions of KiXtart are still available (and I assume will continue to be.)

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For the time being, if the size of KiXtart is truly an issue, then older versions can be used. Most people using KiXtart have multiple methods of deployment, whether it be distributed via logon script or on a software image. The only real issue with size comes when sending over dialup....

Are the additional features really worth increased size penalty? I'm not sure that they are in every case, BUT if KiXtart was getting too large, I'm sure we'd here complaints about it, and I haven't heard much in that regard.

Brian