Hi Jerry, Eric, and others,
On behalf of the people who spent some time on this (Mike Dile, Pete
Tanenhaus, Randy Larson, myself, and a number of others) - thanks for
the positive feedback!
We'll continue to improve things and will look forward to hearing from
you and the group on how we can do just that.
Regards,
Mike Collins
ADSM Development
Jerry Lawson writes:
> Date: January 21, 1997 Time: 13:42
> From: Jerry Lawson
> ITT Hartford Insurance Group
> (860) 547-2960 jlawson AT itthartford DOT com
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> For all of the regulars on this list, I'm sure you remember the discussions
> that we had when the Win-32 clients for level 5 were released, and the
> confusion and consternation this caused. I was probably the most vocal in
> voi
> cing my displeasure with this installation process.
>
> Since I was so vocal then, I think it is only fair that I state my pleasure
> at
> the changes in the installation process for level 6 client. Mike Collins
> and
> his team are to be commended for the changes to the installation process and
> the flexibility that it now gives us. I cannot speak to the problems people
> were having with the automation of the installation process, since we have
> not
> exploited any of these opportunities, but I have tried several installations
> with various levels of pre-installed clients, and have been very pleased with
> the installation - most of my complaints would have to be termed "nits" -
> such
> as the "full" installation still being the first one listed, but this
> installs
> both the admin and backup client. The fact that we can now install
> everything
> into a single directory again, and it gives us the option to clean up
> existing
> levels of code is what we were asking for all along.
>
> For me it was certainly encouraging to see that the complaints we had were
> answered in a timely manner, addressing the problems we documented, and in a
> meaningful way that helps us out tremendously. Thanks very much for taking
> time to listen and implement what we needed.
>
> *****************************************************************************
> Jerry Lawson
> ITT Hartford Insurance Group
> jlawson AT itthartford DOT com
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