{"id":491,"date":"2017-04-01T02:29:54","date_gmt":"2017-04-01T10:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.installaware.com\/blog\/?p=491"},"modified":"2017-04-01T02:50:56","modified_gmt":"2017-04-01T10:50:56","slug":"robs-apology-to-installaware-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.installaware.com\/blog\/?p=491","title":{"rendered":"Rob’s Apology to InstallAware Software"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rob Mensching today issued his second apology to InstallAware<\/strong> Software, after his first apology about a decade ago.<\/p>\n

It is quite extensive, so we’ll leave you to it without further ado:<\/p>\n

“I regret having published my so-called apology about a decade ago, which was a thinly veiled hit-job against your company. While it sounded like an apology, it really wasn’t; as illustrated by the comments which followed my so-called apology.<\/p>\n

I had been quite forceful in letting InstallAware<\/strong> Software know that I found it incredible they were trying make money selling installers, something which I strongly felt must be free at the time.<\/p>\n

I have not been employed by Microsoft since 2013, and now I understand how hard it can be to actually make a living.<\/p>\n

Moreover, I have become aware that my own behavior in charging WiX users for the WiX APPX Desktop Bridge, which is neither free nor open source, and certainly costs an `incredible` sum of money by my earlier standards applied against InstallAware<\/strong> Software, may come across as hypocritical to some.<\/p>\n

Adding insult to injury, I have also become aware that the WiX platform has some significant performance and scalability shortcomings, in comparison to some other more stable installer platforms (hint-hint). This has been yet a deeper blow to me, as I thought people used WiX for its technical merits and engineering ingenuity, albeit its steep learning curve. Now these core assumptions of mine have been put into question – maybe it was just a matter of whom I knew instead of what I knew all along?<\/p>\n

Having recently turned 40, I have found time to reflect on these core questions, and what I find certainly merits a second apology.”<\/p>\n

All of us at InstallAware<\/strong> Software accept Rob’s apology above, which does seem heart-felt and genuine this time round.<\/p>\n

We thank Rob’s press secretary, Ms. First, for having liaised between Rob and InstallAware<\/strong> Software in issuing this apology. As Ms. First told us over the phone: “Rob called me and said he had to get this thing off his chest, but didn’t know how. When I offered to do the heavy lifting for him, he was so relieved! `April,` he said, `you’re a life-saver!` I’m just glad I could help.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rob Mensching today issued his second apology to InstallAware Software, after his first apology about a decade ago. It is quite extensive, so we’ll leave you to it without further ado: “I regret having published my so-called apology about a decade ago, which was a thinly veiled hit-job against your company. While it sounded like … <\/p>\n

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