From: Alden S Klovdahl (Alden.Klovdahl_at_anu.edu.au)
Date: Sun Apr 30 1995 - 15:05:34 EDT
(stuff on another topic deleted)
>
>Joe Foss
>fossj_at_cs.colostate.edu
>on a 1 man crusade against pre-installed software w/o a way to get real disks.
>
what's worse is not having an easy way to uninstall the preinstalled "demos".
i didn't mind getting the preinstalled software, and some of it i could get
interested in. but i do mind having to pay money to get an uninstaller to
get rid of all the bits and pieces of packages i did not ask for. i would
think having to do that will antagonize many of the potential users these
companies are trying to reach.
so, if ibm is going to load these unrequested packages/demos for whatever
reason - if they can make extra money out of it fine - each such package
should have at minimum
an uninstall (completely) option.
it would probably be advantageous also to have -
a) a way to make disks of the s/w for backup; and,
b) an uninstall to disk (for later reinstallation if desired).
regards, al
Alden S Klovdahl / alden.klovdahl_at_anu.edu.au / fax: +61 62 49 05 25
Sociology Arts / Australian National University / Canberra ACT Australia 0200
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