Getting a base install up and running quickly should indeed be the goal of every off the shelf application (I am ignoring in house software quite deliberately).

I just wish it were so.

Ever tried to install enterprise grade software from Cisco or IBM? MS products are a thing of beauty by comparison.

I still pray for the day when they realise that most of us want to get on with the job of using the product rather than being stuck for weeks on end getting the thing installed and configured.

-d