Hello Don,
On (27 Jul 96) Don Nickell wrote to Phil Heberer...
PH>  Now my problem is that WP Suite 7 won't uninstall!! It offers no
PH>  uninstall in the setup program, and relies on the Uninstall of Win95.
 DN> I recently installed ProComm 3.0 and for my own reasons decided to
 DN> uninstall and go back to DOS version 2.4.2. I used the Windows
 DN> Uninstall on the Control Panel when I was supposed to use the PC
 DN> Uninstall. (I seldom read manual.) I had put it in the same dir with
 DN> 2.4.2. The Windows Uninstall basically did a DELTREE and wiped all
 DN> my communications programs, scripts, saved articles off the HD!
UGH! I would be VERY unhappy if one of my programs did that! I guess
this is a good example of why it's a good idea to install to a NEW
directory when "upgrading", you can always move files to the new
directory once you're sure everything is working as you like.
 DN> From what I understand the way the game's played today you use a
 DN> subroutine that can do 50 things even if you only want to do 1
 DN> (one). Yes, they'd be hard pressed to do what they are doing today
 DN> if we were still using paper tape for program storage! `*8=0
Having once dropped a stack of punch cards that contained a program I
had worked WEEKS on, I wouldn't wish punched tape on *anybody*! 
I guess what I was referring to was having standalone routines that can
be used like building blocks. I understand from a programming viewpoint
how that makes the job easier, but it also often adds to redundant
program "overhead". With the megs of RAM and large HDs of today's
systems, it's easy to get into sloppy programming habits, rather than
keeping the program sleek and efficient. A case in point is a
wordprocessing program I have that runs on a Commodore 64. It doesn't
have the graphics capability of WPWin obviously, but can do nearly all
the text formatting of WP, including spellchecking on the fly, and in
only 64K! I haven't tackled any of the programs with all the bells and
whistles of today's programs, but I would think if the redundant and
"backward-compatible" code were removed, 4 meg of RAM *should* be
adequate! Of course, when we want to see all the pretty pictures at
higher and higher resolutions, that gobbles memory quickly! I just get
a little frustrated I guess in that *I'm* not afraid to learn how to
use a computer, and don't really need just a plug and play appliance to
get the job done. I know we can't stop "progress", but are we really
progressing?  I guess time will tell!
Cheers,
Phil
... Me...a skeptic?  I trust you have proof...?
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