Author: Sune Fischer
Date: 14:09:46 10/31/01
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On October 31, 2001 at 14:26:46, Roy Eassa wrote: >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. I agree completely, I have totally given up on my C: and D: drives for that very reason. I only keep order on my E: drive. This is actually why I have moved away from linux and back to windows. I used redhat for almost two years, but I never liked the way linux fragment the programs into .../bin and .../doc directories. It's very hard to get a feel for what is installed on the system. Perhaps I should go Mac :) -S.
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