Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!decwrl!claris!wombat From: wombat@claris.com (Scott Lindsey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: What's so great about INSTALLER? Summary: It doesn't have a brain. Keywords: cradle, Bergman, inorganic, ferroelectric Message-ID: Date: 6 Aug 90 22:17:42 GMT References: <4459UD182050@NDSUVM1> Sender: wombat@claris.com Organization: Claris Corporation, Santa Clara, CA Lines: 16 In-reply-to: UD182050@NDSUVM1.BITNET's message of 5 Aug 90 06:06:18 GMT Subversive: assassination In article <4459UD182050@NDSUVM1> UD182050@NDSUVM1.BITNET (Mike Aos) writes: > I'll admit that I use it too, but I really don't understand what possible > difference there is between copying the files, and telling the installer to > do it....would someone please explain that to me? Very simple. Humans are more likely to make mistakes copying files than the installer is. In the future, if the GS installer becomes more like the Mac installer, it may actually be copying resources in addition to files. In other words, it's a good habit to get into. -- Scott Lindsey | I dig iguana in their outer space duds Claris Corp. | saying, "Aren't you glad we only eat bugs?" ames!claris!wombat| DISCLAIMER: These are not the opinions of Claris, Apple, wombat@claris.com | StyleWare, the author, or anyone else living or Dead.