Ahhh, but have you ever experienced the joy of ruinInstaller on OpenVMS? The X-fonts come out so big that you sometimes have to guess what's in the text box and hope it installed correctly. Same goes for all the other Oracle-written Java tools, like Oracle Directory Manager.
Oracle's solution: Note 1071691.6 says to install all available fonts on the machine. Yeah, right. Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quad/Tech International, Sussex, WI USA You can call me Rich. You can call me Jesse. Just don't page me. > -----Original Message----- > From: Don Granaman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 3:43 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: Re: runInstaller - ruinInstaller? RUINstaller? > > > There have been times when I would have paid extra for (1) a > character-mode > installer and/or (2) a reliable and consistent way to create > a listing of > EXACTLY what was installed (e.g. the long-defunct "instver"). > > I think I've installed Oracle with just about every mechanism > they've had > since Oracle 5 came out - cpio from tape, custom > platform-specific scripts, > a few dozen floppy disks (Xenix & DOS), orainst /c, orainst /m, and > runInstaller. The java-infested runInstaller is one of the > worst pieces of > junk that Oracle has ever forced upon the user community. > I've made it a > point to express this opinion to several rather senior people > at Oracle. A > few - from the technical ranks - have even agreed (off the record of > course). For one thing, "making it easy to install Oracle" > makes it far too > easy for the clueless to install it poorly! [excerpted for brevity] -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Jesse, Rich INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
