The Glade 4.0

I just started the Autodesk Civil 3D 2010 installer on this computer .... 3 hours and 3 DVDs later, it's still not done installing. This is a reasonably fast dual-core system with plenty of RAM and a fast (but not, say, Raptor fast) hard drive. The installation time of Autodesk's main application suites is just absolutely unreal! Everything was fine until about AutoCAD 2007. I thought 2008 was excruciating at around 1 to 1.5 hours, but they've really outdone themselves this time.

<insert rant about how shitty Microsoft .NET is here>

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Sail forth! steer for the deep waters only!
Reckless, O soul, exploring, I with thee, and thou with me;
For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared to go,
And we will risk the ship, ourselves and all.

Bloatware, man. It's brutal. And it's only going to get worse.

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Ron Paul 2012

God .NET sucks.

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

Until you have to program in it.

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The Dude abides.

I have very little issues installing Revit Architecture 2010 or AutoCAD Architecture 2010 on systems.

The image takes a little bit to set up, and can be a bit cumbersome with how it recognizes network resources, but the installation itself is pretty quick, about 30 minutes for either package.

And create a program that causes support nightmares for years. =P

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades