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Hey, if you ever want to get stuck in dependancy hell, use Windows. I needed to install a sound card driver on a clients computer, but first I needed to download .NET Framework. Ok, easy enough, just go to microsoft.com and search for .NET and download it.

Wrong! Of course you have to be a Genuine Windows Advantage Users to even see the page. Then once you download what ever the crap it is, I can see the page. Ok. Wait… I have to download Windows Installer 3.1. Alright, just open another window to download that.

After installing Windows Installer 3.1 and the .NET Framework only after downloading the Genuine Advantage P.O.S., I continue with my driver install.

But wait! I must have Microsoft’s framework for the audio component in XP before the driver is even considered for installation…. AHHHH!!!!

As you can see it was very labor intensive to do a simple task, such as installing a driver. In Linux, I usually don’t have to worry about the drivers because many of them are built into the kernel. And as for dependencies – Linux has come a far way since then – maybe someone should take a look at how the Linux users do things?!!?!