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April 2005 - Posts

Tuesday, April 19, 2005 11:35 PM

Why WiX: Disrupting the Centralized Setup Cycle

Experiance suggests there are windows of opportunity for breaking the cycle of the centralized setup model. External forces are better positioned but it can also work for a individual skeptic to start the ball rolling. So where does one start breaking
Posted by rflaming | 0 Comments
Monday, April 18, 2005 11:34 PM

Why WiX: Centralized Setup Cycle: Lather, Rinse, Reward, Repeat

Yesterday, I introduced the crash and burn problem but there's still more to this problem. Lather, Rinse, Reward, Repeat After a few cycles where Centralized Setup defers problems to transients then crashes and burns-out the core team the cycle hardens
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Sunday, April 17, 2005 11:30 PM

Why WiX: Controlled Crash of Centralized Setup

Yesterday, I introduced the model but there's still more to the problem that needs solving. Introduction to the Controlled Crash As described yesterday , most managers choose to defer setup as long as possible and then hire unskilled and temporary workers
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Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:22 PM

Why WiX: Modeling the centralized setup business

I've invested my career in setup for longer than most and I've seen setup for a few product cycles for different businesses. From this collective experience , I've derived a model of the centralized setup business cycle . Business types tell me there
Posted by rflaming | 0 Comments
Friday, April 15, 2005 10:49 PM

a fun last name

Wouldn't it be great to have a fun last name?
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Thursday, April 14, 2005 11:27 PM

MSIs with Internal Consistency Evaluators (ICEs) errors

Wouldn't it be nice if folks didn't ship MSIs with Internal Consistency Evaluators (ICEs) errors?
Posted by rflaming | 0 Comments
Wednesday, April 13, 2005 11:15 PM

trick to digging deeper into a failure of Assembly install in a verbose MSI log

Wouldn't you like to know a trick to digging deeper into a failure of Assembly install in a verbose MSI log?
Posted by rflaming | 2 Comments
Tuesday, April 12, 2005 10:56 PM

trick to quickly finding the error in a verbose MSI log

Wouldn't you like to know the trick to quickly finding the error in a verbose MSI log?
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Monday, April 11, 2005 10:39 PM

“last-write-wins” patch sequencing behavior of MSI 2.0 has changed for MSI 3.0

Wouldn't it be great to know the “last-write-wins” patch sequencing behavior of MSI 2.0 has changed for MSI 3.0?
Posted by rflaming | 0 Comments
Sunday, April 10, 2005 9:57 PM

I am the Dark developer

Hello, I am the Dark developer. For the uninitiated, dark is the decompiler of the Windows Installer XML toolset. When initially conceived, dark was a combination of programming project in C# and a way of getting WiX users off the schnide . Unexpectedly
Posted by rflaming | 1 Comments
 
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