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to: Antti Kurenniemi
from: Rich
date: 2005-02-18 00:10:12
subject: Re: Software Installer

From: "Rich" 

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   Multiple reasons ranging from deployment to quality.  MSIs are easier =
to deploy.  I also have experienced fewer problems with install and =
uninstall with MSI based installs.  That's not to say I've not =
encountered bad ones but only the non-MSI based installs are have more =
often had problems and more serious ones.

Rich

  "Antti Kurenniemi"  wrote
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news:42145c38$1{at}w3.nls.net...
  "Rich"  wrote in message news:42142387$1{at}w3.nls.net...
  > I would strongly recommend that you stay away from any
  > installer not based on Windows Installer.

  Why?


  Antti Kurenniemi


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Kurenniemi

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