tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9537945.post7485025998246507300..comments2023-08-20T04:16:39.520-05:00Comments on Deployment Engineering Archive: Windows Installer 10 Year AnniversaryChristopher Painterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12167478740431444267noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9537945.post-49659589679251685922009-01-26T06:05:00.000-06:002009-01-26T06:05:00.000-06:00Good grief... and there's even a post from me in t...Good grief... and there's even a post from me in that thread. Times HAVE moved on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9537945.post-36308766786370013892009-01-07T14:48:00.000-06:002009-01-07T14:48:00.000-06:00I've always felt that MSI did great in the environ...I've always felt that MSI did great in the environments and platforms it supported and the major issue that the MSI team has had and still has is just supporting today's technology.<BR/><BR/>MSI is great if you want to deploy a COM Application or lay down some files in a very specific way.<BR/><BR/>It's awful if you want to distribute a 32/64-bit app, do anything with .NET more complicated than ShadowWolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17170306422408594103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9537945.post-79763655499332385202009-01-02T17:17:00.000-06:002009-01-02T17:17:00.000-06:00I just realized I've gotten old! 10 years!!! Windo...I just realized I've gotten old! 10 years!!! Windows 2000? I can still remember 98, 95, 3.1 like yesterday and I'm not about to admit I remember further back than that :-)<BR/><BR/>Anyway, MSI is good for avoiding evil. Though there are some changes/additions that would be nice. Hopefully by having WiX per default in Visual Studio more people will help requesting new features to MSI...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9537945.post-6907520900164580452008-12-30T10:54:00.000-06:002008-12-30T10:54:00.000-06:00Bob Arnson recently used the term "Frenemy" to des...Bob Arnson recently used the term "Frenemy" to describe the component rules. I would actually use that term to describe Windows Installer in general. :-)<BR/><BR/>It is true, there are many things I like about MSI and in fact it's my platform of choice since 2003.<BR/><BR/>It is also true that there are a great many things about MSI that are just a pain in the ass and you find yourself working Christopher Painterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12167478740431444267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9537945.post-51252327460387381332008-12-30T10:02:00.000-06:002008-12-30T10:02:00.000-06:00[Note: I just re-read this before posting it and r...[Note: I just re-read this before posting it and realized I’m sounding very pro-Microsoft. That isn’t the intention of this post – I just wanted to defend my position that MSI was a huge step forward (over script based installs) towards making Windows a more stable operating system. I also agree that it’s time to take it to the next level or replace it with something better.]<BR/><BR/>I Colby Ringeisenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08696301684260588101noreply@blogger.com