Author: Komputer Korner
Date: 21:52:51 10/19/98
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On October 15, 1998 at 19:59:25, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On October 15, 1998 at 18:44:45, John Coffey wrote: > >>On October 15, 1998 at 18:09:44, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >> >>> >>>I'd like to add (I am not taking a pot-shot at John, only at the idea we >>>are talking about) that the concept of sticking files in oddball places >>>to hide them from the user is very similar to the concept of throwing >>>trash out your window while driving down the road. "It's only one piece >>>of trash, right, so it can't really hurt the environment..." >>> >>>Of course if *everybody* takes that approach, the world becomes a giant >>>litter-box. Ditto for programs. If everything I install stuff files into >>>odd places, my disk gets cluttered needlessly... >>> >>>But it's only one file... or one piece of trash... right? >> >> >>Well what you are saying isn't just me, but an inherent problem with Windows >>95/98. It seems that instead of every program storing everything in its own >>private directory, it wants to store things in the registry or add dll files >>to windows/system. (Especially bad is ActiveX kind of stuff.) Every windows >>program does this to add dll's to your system. and most programs >>ad init information somewhere to your windows directory - the ones that don't >>use the registry. I don't like it, and I see it as a flaw of Windows, and >>I wish that when I delete a program that I could get rid of every byte that the >>program has taken up. >> >>Recently I reformatted my hard drive and reinstalled windows to deal with this >>problem. >> >>Now I agree with you most of the way, but let us have some perspective here. >>Files take up 4K. Compared with the 100's of K or megabytes that most windows >>programs dump in the \windows area (i.e. try to install something made with >>Visual Basic) then the two 4K files seem pretty minor. >> >>John Coffey > > > >I understand your comment... but it is still "it's only one piece of trash, >right?" > >Enough "one small piece" and you have "one large mountain." Oh no this is going to lead to the great copy protection debate?!!!!!! -- Komputer Korner
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