Windows 7: The Wheels Came Off…(part 2)
So my idea on doing a series about the follies of Windows 7 has fell flat on its face. In addition to the sheer amount of things that are still bad, there is simply too much personal bias, too much dislike. I tried and failed 3 times to write my piece on software distribution, and each time it fell into a nebula of hatred and bitterness that only computer geeks could appreciate.
I tried to distill the bitterness about software installation into a handful of questions:
- Why isn’t there *one* standard for distributing software for Microsoft Operating Systems?
- Why are there like 14 companies marketing installer-creation-software, none of which are good enough for still more companies, who insist on writing their own installer?
- Why doesn’t Microsoft provide better tools for packaging software?
- Why can’t I point SCCM at an MSI and a collection of machines and say “Go”?
- On this note, why the hell can’t I safely remove all of MS’s stupid ass default Collections in SCCM? Or at least move them somewhere less obtrusive
- Why are the best tools for managing Microsoft’s operating systems NOT written by Microsoft?
- Why do some 3rd party developers possess a better handle on Microsoft’s operating systems and APIs than Microsoft does?
- Why are so many Microsoft die hards so quick to defend something that they themselves will admit is a convoluted and fucked up system?