July 16, 2008
Deki MSI Windows Installer Beta is Now Available!
RobertM @ 5:31 pm
Greetings all!
As just about anyone who reads this blog or has used MindTouch Deki knows, our software was developed in C# but to date has run solely on Mono inside of a Linux environment.
Well, that’s all about to change…
I’m happy announce that for the first time, MindTouch is releasing an official Windows-based beta version of MindTouch Deki. Specifically, you may now install using a MindTouch-created Microsoft Windows MSI!
Yes, believe it or not, Deki is now available as a Windows installer package. Running fully within IIS 7 and utilizing Microsoft’s .NET architecture, this early release of Deki for Windows enables Microsoft shops to preview the “connective tissue” and great wiki interface that heretofore had been available only to users in Linux or mixed environments. MindTouch and the vast number of developers who work with Deki have had marked success in coding in .NET for the Linux platform, and we are excited about where it will go from here now that we are making our open-source software available for Windows. Systems integrators and .NET developers can return to their existing customer base (and find new customers) to deliver more value by integrating Deki into Windows-based operations; now they can “add the 2.0″ to the enterprise infrastructure in the form of a collective intelligence platform atop the existing infrastructure that they’ve already deployed.
Although this is a beta release, the MindTouch team has worked hard to include all major features and functionality currently available to Deki users on Linux-based operating systems. Please report any problems or issues that you may discover either at our forums or by filing a bug. This new MindTouch Deki MSI beta supports IIS 7 on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and Microsoft Vista only. However, the final release of the MSI will also support IIS 6 on Microsoft Windows Server 2003.
So for those of you who have been waiting for a Windows version to check out MindTouch Deki… your time has arrived! Download the MindTouch Deki MSI Beta today!
categories: MindTouch
¿Will it use a MSSQL database or stay with MySQL?
Comment by Lester McGrath — July 17, 2008 @ 4:19 am
The installer has MySQL listed as a prerequisite for installation; it currently does not support MS SQL.
Comment by RobertM — July 17, 2008 @ 8:48 am
Great!
You guys kick ass!
Now, let’s get that Silvelight front end out of the door.
Comment by Srdjan — July 17, 2008 @ 11:00 am
Instalador MSI de MindTouch Deki beta…
Ya está disponible, para todo aquel que desea usar MindTouch Deki, bajo Windows e IIS la primera beta del instalador de dicha Wiki.
Es completamente funcional bajo IIS 7 y utiliza .Net, aunque se debe de advertir que se trata de una beta (así…
Trackback by Tranpalitu — July 20, 2008 @ 9:02 am
@Lester McGrath
To be clear, while we don’t use MS SQL for DB and are currently only using MySQL we do provide an adapter for MS SQL that allows users to query MS SQL (or MS Access).
@Srdjan
You can edit XAML in MindTouch Deki. Also you may do the same with SVG.
Comment by Aaron Fulkerson — July 21, 2008 @ 6:39 pm