Re: [WiX-users] help convincing management to use wix

2006-06-02 Thread Dave Williamson
y Software [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.clearskysoftware.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jaap de Wolff Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 4:34 AM To: steve baker; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] help convincing management

Re: [WiX-users] help convincing management to use wix

2006-06-02 Thread Jaap de Wolff
Maybe a strong argument is telling them how commercially supported applications is working in the real world. As an example: A few years ago we discovered there was a bug in the MS COM component. This problem was a show stopper for us. We have a nice contract with MS that allows us to send them pr

RE: [WiX-users] help convincing management to use wix

2006-06-02 Thread Ed Russell
PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neil Sleightholm Sent: 02 June 2006 12:19 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] help convincing management to use wix   The FAQ site has not been available for

Re: [WiX-users] help convincing management to use wix

2006-06-02 Thread John Ludlow
Yeah, that link worked fine for me.  On 6/1/06, Frederik Carlier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Does that page still work for you?   From: John Ludlow [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: donderdag 1 juni 2006 23:24 To: Frederik CarlierSubject: Re: [WiX-users] help convincing management

RE: [WiX-users] help convincing management to use wix

2006-06-02 Thread Neil Sleightholm
@lists.sourceforge.netSubject: RE: [WiX-users] help convincing management to use wix Does that page still work for you?   From: John Ludlow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: donderdag 1 juni 2006 23:24To: Frederik CarlierSubject: Re: [WiX-users] help convincing management to use

RE: [WiX-users] help convincing management to use wix

2006-06-01 Thread Frederik Carlier
Does that page still work for you?   From: John Ludlow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: donderdag 1 juni 2006 23:24 To: Frederik Carlier Subject: Re: [WiX-users] help convincing management to use wix   There's some good info on this already:  http://gauss.dynalias.ne

RE: [WiX-users] help convincing management to use wix

2006-06-01 Thread Rob Mensching
ubject: RE: [WiX-users] help convincing management to use wix > A question for the group in general - Should there by a Why WiX page > on the website that would have this information? Basically a shameless > self-promotion, but some people may need it to convice management. Maybe more gene

RE: [WiX-users] help convincing management to use wix

2006-06-01 Thread Rob Mensching
sourceforge.net -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jerry Dennany Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 1:32 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: 'steve baker' Subject: RE: [WiX-users] help convincing management to use wix I agree: P

RE: [WiX-users] help convincing management to use wix

2006-06-01 Thread Frederik Carlier
> A question for the group in general - Should there by a Why WiX page > on the website that would have this information? Basically a shameless > self-promotion, but some people may need it to convice management. Maybe more general, a "What is WiX" page, outlining the key advantages of WiX. The s

RE: [WiX-users] help convincing management to use wix

2006-06-01 Thread Jerry Dennany
01, 2006 3:44 PM To: steve baker Cc: Brandon Tyler; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] help convincing management to use wix This has already been discussed a while back. Information you can use to bring to management is in Rob's reply here: http://sourceforge.net/maila

RE: [WiX-users] help convincing management to use wix

2006-06-01 Thread Rob Mensching
I believe that for the Microsoft products which use the Windows Installer (i.e. not pieces of Windows itself) the list of products *not* using the WiX toolset is shorter than the list of all the installs using it. WiX v2 added the big ticket items that got teams to move away from custom build syst

Re: [WiX-users] help convincing management to use wix

2006-06-01 Thread Nicholas Muguira
This has already been discussed a while back. Information you can use to bring to management is in Rob's reply here: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=11797715 I would recommend reading the entire thread. A question for the group in general - Should there by a Why WiX page o

Re: [WiX-users] help convincing management to use wix

2006-06-01 Thread steve baker
the multi developer scenario is one of my strongest reasons for pushing wix. in the past there were wait times of up to a week to get a file added to an install. with continuous integration building bogus installs for a week all effectiveness is lost. to remedy the situation the wise installs were

RE: [WiX-users] help convincing management to use wix

2006-06-01 Thread Brandon Tyler
It is much more developer friendly. The multi-developer story is much stronger for WIX. That one wins my vote. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of steve baker Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 2:12 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: