Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 11:26:46 10/31/01
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On October 31, 2001 at 11:15:09, Jeroen van Dorp wrote: >>I don't like install programs. Once you run install, if you delete something, >>uninstall goes bonkers. I'd *much* rather do it myself. Microsoft's Add/Remove >>programs thingy is one of the most annoying and stupid parts of all the Win32 >>operating systems. > >"This program has cluttered your windows\system directory with a boatload of >crap that's however sometime essential to run your OS and sometimes not. Would >you like to uninstall this program and be sure we leave the unessential dung and >remove or mutilate the essential files?" > Dozens (sometimes hundreds) of DLLs and other cryptic files (why don't they actually USE the long filename feature they've had for 6 years??) get splattered all over your Windows, Windows\System, and application folders, plus scores of strange entries get added or modified in your registry. On the Macintosh, most commonly you copy one single file to your hard drive. The application. Perhaps there's a second file with the help. No DLLs. No registry. When you run the app, it saves your preferences in a file with a simple, clearly understood name, in the Preferences folder. It's worked this way for almost 18 years (with long filenames the whole time). It really is a better way.
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