Talk:WiX

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references are listed, but not placed in article - where the belong. meatclerk 07:34, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Etymology?

Could anyone attempt to explain *why* the components are called candle, light etc...is it a pun on "wick" (part of a candle)? Also, there seems to be another component called tallow...Stevage 05:44, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mailing list

"There is an active and knowledgeable WiX user mailing list at [1]." Active and knowledgeable? Says who? That's POV! :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.212.44.26 (talk) 18:01, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Developer = Microsoft?

The infobox is nice, but it says Develooper = Microsoft. Don't think this is correct - Microsoft holds the copyright but the development is open source. --RenniePet (talk) 21:08, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks - I spent a little bit of time yesteday with the various installers trying to make them more consistent. As for the owner of WIX, it's defintely MS - typing candle.exe /? shows this:

C:\Program Files\Windows Installer XML v3\bin>candle.exe
Microsoft (R) Windows Installer Xml Compiler version 3.0.2925.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 2003. All rights reserved.

This is the first time I've used an infobox, so wasn't sure of the format. I'll put Rob as the developer, and MS as the owner. Christopher G Lewis (talk) 23:17, 31 January 2008 (UTC)