Hi Jon,
I can agree with you but only partly.
Company I work for has several thousands MicroStation users. Each user has different user-rights.
99% users does not have rights to installl anything on PC. If you want to install something you have to send request to IT departmant.
So, sending/receiving files using any installer is out of the question.
There is very strict security system in company, controling every file comming in or out. So it should not be up to MicroStation to "trust" or "no trust" when it comes to open or load some files or applications.
I think, software should work for user , not the other way around.
But, this is just my opinion.
best regrdes
Nenad