Clarence,
I agree. I am *not* comfortable with the APMs. I have, to the best of
my ability, removed all of them that were attached to versions prior to
1.61 ... so I now have limited capacity with 1.64, but feel a bit more
in control.
I have *always* hated programs that just did their thing without so much
as a "by you leave" and left me sitting there wondering "How do I *stop*
this! And if I do, will everything be trashed????"
Windoze users like auto-upgrades cuz they be up the creek without a
paddle if they had to think.
I'm not a 'dozeware user except at the 3.1 level and *that* is only
because I can't get the graphics and pdf programs I need in a workable
DOS version.
Give me a zip file with a "read me" and a list of what is going to be
done to whom, when and where. I like BATch file installations, because
I can look inside and see what is planned. I don't want a program that
writes to my HDD or modifies my files without telling me ahead of time
what it wants to do, and then asking my permission.
I'm a DOSasaur. Someday I may also be a Penquin. I don't think
penquins like things done behind their backs either, unless they are of
the "X-File" school.
l.d.
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On Sun, 09 Jul 2000 14:28:19 -0500, Clarence Verge wrote:
> Eko, I really would like to see single step upgrade ZIPs offered in
> addition to the full install, but I really don't like APMs.
> I don't trust them now and I never will. !
> With a .zip you get to blame only yourself for any screwups.
> Aren't Arachne users _by definition_, intelligent enough to be allowed
> to do it to themselves ?
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