Darren J Moffat wrote: > Peter Tribble wrote: >> On Thu, 2006-06-29 at 14:23, Sarah Jelinek wrote: >> >>> We are working with the JES folks, specifically looking at their >>> unified installer for possible use in Caiman. >> >> Oh dear. >> >> My experience with JES has been entirely negative. The >> software, the installer, everything. Of any possible >> candidates I could think of, this is one I would >> immediately discount. We're supposed to be making >> the process better. > > Okay so exactly what was the install and config not good ? > > It might have nothing to do with the tool and much more to do with the > actual questions being asked by the products. > > The tool, IIRC, is a derivative of WebStart Wizards but also has some > code from the old Netscape installer. I might be remembering wrongly > here but thats what I recall it to be. >
Pretty much right on. WebStart Wizards and the iPlanet installer sdk make up most of it, with a ton of customization that pulls together the 20 some individual products that make up JES. Matt
