On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 8:02 AM, Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I just prefer to use an os with a package manager. I cannot believe > Microsoft hasn't bothered to at least steal one yet. Why would they? To the extend that such functionality would be required on WIndows, where it's far, far less common to use a myriad of dependencies from different sources, it's handled by merge modules and the installer, which are used to ensure consistent deployment of dependencies, whilst keeping the installer self-contained and free of user visible dependencies. -- Dave Page EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com