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Subject:RE: Install vs. set up? From:"Steve Hudson" <cruddy -at- optushome -dot- com -dot- au> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 5 Mar 2002 07:18:54 +1100
Agreed.
Lifecycle of any IT Component
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Purchase
Install
Configure (or set up)
Operate and administrate (Component is said to be live)
Decommission
Destroy
Steve Hudson - Word Heretic, Sydney, Australia
HDK List MVP
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-----Original Message-----
From: Hart, Geoff
Rubbish. When you install something, whether hardware or software, you're
putting it on or into your computer. Once it's there, you then take a few
moments (or much longer) to either "set it up" or "configure" it. That's the
way the words are used worldwide, pace Microsoft.
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