RE: Avoiding "Uninstallation"

Subject: RE: Avoiding "Uninstallation"
From: Peter Sturgeon <prsturgeon -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 14:42:08 -0500 (EST)

Surprised that Windows calls it Add/Remove...

"Run the uninstaller" would satisfy me, I guess, but not "uninstall the
product."

--- Cindy -dot- Crittenden -at- cox -dot- com wrote:

> Exercise caution when looking for an alternative to "uninstallation".
> Programmatically, there is often a huge difference between
> uninstalling
> something versus merely removing something, and uninstallation has
> become cemented into the foundation of application development.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: techwr-l-bounces+cindy -dot- crittenden=cox -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
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> On
> Behalf Of Peter Sturgeon
> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 2:27 PM
> To: Janice Gelb; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: Re: Avoiding "Uninstallation"
>
> Haven't tried this, but would "removing" and "removal" capture the
> spirit?
>
>
> --- Janice Gelb <janice -dot- gelb -at- sun -dot- com> wrote:
>
> > Has anyone successfully come up with alternatives to
> > the dreaded but accepted "uninstall" and "uninstallation"?
> >
> > -- Janice
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