> > We have found that using webstart to deploy applications or applets has > totally simplified every aspect of deployment. It is getting better!!! > > Or you can pay for Install Anywhere but after lots of research there is > no reason to go any other way than webstart.
This is a little off topic, but I have been using InstallAnywhere for 3 years now (and paid for all the upgrades) and must say that if I could convince my clients to use WebStart I'd jump at the chance. InstallAnywhere (the name is misleading, BTW) is OK... but it's expensive, and you still spend a lot of time futzing with it to get it to do what you want. I did a prototype deployment with WebStart which only took about 30 minutes, 20 of which were reading the tool docs to figure out how to create a keystore and sign the jar. :^P The version checking and extension dependency checking are worth their weight in gold, making WebStart a winner in my mind. The only problem I see with WebStart is that it hasn't gained a critical mass of users yet, and Sun's position on deployment is unclear and without strategy (especially with the introduction of JSR 38, "Application Installation API Specification"). The more people using WebStart the better..... Simeon =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".
