Forum OpenACS Q&A: Re: Just a suggestion

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13: Re: Just a suggestion (response to 1)
Posted by Luis Garcia on 01/26/05 05:55 AM

Please, make sure every body sees and tries this:
http://www.ncs.gr/openacs/

This guy did a GREAT job. It took me 5 minutes... yes you read it well, 5 minutes to install the whole thing. I think he is the one who should be leading this project. In a way it is good since I have a new born boy (thank you! :) ) who is consuming my time right now.

The only thing that he needs help with is the Linux and Mac installation. The windows one worked in my Windows 2003 server just fine!

So there you have it.

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14: Re: Re: Just a suggestion (response to 13)
Posted by Malte Sussdorff on 01/26/05 06:37 AM
I totally agree that the best way to go is to make use of his script for windows and ammend it for Linux and "OS X".
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21: Re: Re: Just a suggestion (response to 13)
Posted by Roberto Mello on 01/26/05 06:32 PM
The problem (IMNSHO) with Vlassis Rizopoulos' work is that he chose to create his installer using a proprietary product, namely InstallAnywhere's ZeroG.

That means that only people with a license to ZeroG will be able to work on that installer and make future improvements to it.

There are several open source installer builders out there. I haven't worked with any of them, so I can't say how good X or Y are, but relying on a proprietary product doesn't sound like a good path.

-Roberto