I am watching Rob Caron's interview on TheServerSide.net.  He is talking about Team Systems installation.  The interviewer asked about problems with the install of CPP's that people have experienced.  I was an early adopter who failed to get a successful install after two attempts.  Mr. Caron is quite a pompous, self-important and offensive, self-proclaimed king of Team Systems!  He actually had the audacity to say that the consistent problems that many of us had were not a result of a poor installation process and incomplete documentation, he said it was us (the consumer, his client)!  He is certain that it was the individual's fault, every time, for installing out of sequence. 

I can attest that I followed the installation guide to the letter, line by line, twice, with two failures trying to install reporting services for MS SQL Server 2005.  I read recently that there was a CLR incompatibility between the SQL Server and Team Systems installation as they were compiled against different builds and must be installed on seperate servers.  Well, Robbie, baby, that wasn't in the guide!  I followed the "singel server installation, BTW, J.A. 

I wasted more time then I have ever dedicated to a product trying to get it online.  I was immensely disappointed that it was such a horrible distributable.  My advice is to take a long look in the mirror, Caron, decide if you want to try to convince people that you know what you're doing (by insulting your clients) or prove it (by providing a seamless install for Release Candidate). 

Something tells me that I will one day regret telling Robbie to take credit where credit is due, apologize for wasting our time and money, and get his act together on the next install...   but it sure feels good to retort.  And for the record, Bill, if you want my advice, fire him.