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- From: byer@adobe.com (Scott Byer)
- Subject: Re: Getting more space on Sonata.
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.230602.23362@adobe.com>
- Sender: usenet@adobe.com (USENET NEWS)
- Reply-To: byer@adobe.com (Scott Byer)
- Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated
- References: <SOWA.93Jan22102901@amdew.llnl.gov>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 23:06:02 GMT
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- Erik C. Sowa writes
-
- > One person's opinion: I hate packages for freeware/shareware. I
- > end up looking inside the .pkg directory and unpacking the .tar.Z
- > directly with Opener.app. I like to see what's inside before I
- > install. The idea of a new user simply double-clicking to install
- > a .pkg obtained from the net is a little scary to me. I do some
- > risky things along those lines, but at least I'm aware of the
- > potential consequences.
-
- Uhm, howzabout simply double-clicking on the package and hitting
- "List"? What's so terribly difficult about that? Besides, packages
- let you have files go into different spots, and allow for their
- easy removal.
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- Scott Byer NeXTMail: byer@mv.us.adobe.com
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