On Mon, 10 Jul 2000 00:32:46 -0400, Roger Turk wrote:
> L.D. wrote:
>>> 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.<<
> Hear! Hear! My sentiments, exactly!
And mine! Bastiaan
> Roger Turk
> Tucson, Arizona USA
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