-------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: Should the JDE require ECB? Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 09:14:16 -0500 From: "Molitor, Stephen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 'Mark Abrams' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Mark Abrams wrote: > >> Paul Kinnucan wrote: >> >> I've also started working on a Java-based netinstaller for the JDE that >> would download and uncompress the JDE and all its required packages and set >> up your .emacs file. I might even include installing Emacs itself (on >> Windows) and cygwin as netinstaller options. >> >> This should eventually eliminate the problem of having to download and >> install so many packages. > >This is only a problem for those who don't follow directions as far as I can >tell. Or for those who expect computers to automate tedious tasks for them! :) Most people expect modern software packages to be very easy to install, at least for a default configuration. Power users can always customize. I've managed to install the JDE; it's not that complicated. But, it could be easier, and if the computer could do it for me, that would be great. >The combination of simple download and customizable layout will probably bring >in a lot of new users who are intimidated by the install and/or emacs non-MS >look. Yup. Steve Molitor [EMAIL PROTECTED]
