Comments on Prose practice: Windows (III): Packaging & nitpicks

@Anonymous, I completely agree. Personal desktops ...

2010-12-07T19:54:38.775+02:00

@Anonymous, I completely agree. Personal desktops tend to be individualized and the Windows approach works better there, but it's a huge pain on servers and managed networks.

@Marco, sure. I'm starting to think that packaging libraries with apps is better than using shared libraries. The extra bandwidth needed and RAM used may well be worth the convenience.

Dependency resolution is not important in Windows ...

2010-12-07T17:10:13.562+02:00

Dependency resolution is not important in Windows cause every 'not trivial' application comes with all the libraries he needs.
You can do the same in Linux too, if you like nightmares.

maintaining one windows computer is not a problem;...

2010-12-07T14:28:11.088+02:00

maintaining one windows computer is not a problem; maintaining a windows network, on the other hand ....

Indeed, I had in mind but did not mention the secu...

2010-12-07T12:23:22.185+02:00

Indeed, I had in mind but did not mention the security implications of not having reliable updates. At least Windows itself has a reasonably good update system, even if it messes up occasionally. Thanks for the pointers.

Since there is no package manager for Windows, one...

2010-12-07T11:58:01.357+02:00

Since there is no package manager for Windows, one can use FileHippo's Update Checker or Secunia's PSI (http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/) to keep software up-to-date. PSI has a huge software database, this really helps to keep everything patched...