[Info-vax] VAXStation 3100

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 1/19/2019 10:24 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2019-01-18, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>> Now, after getting a bit used to this, let me open up an old argument.
>> Do tell us what is easier to install, VMS stuff or WEENDOZE stuff?
> 
> Windows.
> 
> Linux is even better because it comes with the package management and
> selection stuff so most of the common packages are integrated into
> whatever Linux distribution you are using and can be easily installed
> on demand.

I don't see the big difference between yum, MSI and PCSI. If
I would have to rate them then I would probably say yum > MSI > PCSI.
But they are all using the same basic model: an advanced tool take
a kit and by magic get everything in the right places.

I used to be pretty impressed by that. But I no longer like
that model.

It does not scale well. It works great for 10-25 products. It does
not work well for hundreds or thousands of products.

Today my preference is the UNZIP install or XCOPY install.

You create a dir anywhere you want, you get the files there
and you run a setup and/or startup script and that is it.

No files scattered all over the system. No automatic changes
to any general setup/startup scripts.

Easy to delete.

Easy to have multiple versions in parallel.

Minimize risk of breaking something.

Arne