[muglo] Re: printer
- From: Paul Thomas <paul_thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 16:13:49 -0500
Yes - I have always been amazed that IBM have provided an uninstall
feature with their programs and Apple have not achieved this yet!!!
Paul
On Nov 17, 2004, at 7:03 PM, Eric D wrote:
> This is a major flaw in Apple's OS design (uninstall). Windows (though
> flawed in implementation... don't know how XP works though) at least
> attempts to provide a centralised un-install app. Linux, the cheapest
> of all
> OSes actually has some pretty good solutions for tracking apps and
> uninstalling them (it's amazing that Windows and Mac, two OSes that
> have had
> millions, perhaps even billions of $ thrown at them haven't figured
> out how
> to do this properly)!
>
> In Mac it wasn't much of a problem prior to OS X -- applications were
> entirely self-contained with only a little bit of crap in the system
> folder
> (& Microsoft was actually quite good since they made sure their
> extensions
> were good Mac citizens). In OS X some apps do need un-installers since
> they
> install their crap everywhere. In fact, if an app requires an
> installer,
> chances are it also requires an un-installer (& unfortunately Apple
> doesn't
> provide a centralised un-install app).
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