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conor23
14y ago
But that is - MUST be - what you're actually doing: the equivalent of installing a new application. That is the only sane way to do it. Think of how many errors Windows' aggressive updating causes. And that is from Microsoft. They have O
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conor23
14y ago
Maybe so, but there are a handful of overriding reasons I can think offhand for why you don't make updating more automatic 1) The customer didn't ask. It's their PC, not yours. 2) "Backwards compatibility." See: https://xkcd.com/1172/ B
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conor23
14y ago
Let's try to think through why they might not want to make it completely automatic without several steps. Hmmm. What downside could there possibly be. Let's think. Let's think.... Nope, I can't think of any. Oh wait aren't we're actual