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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: When will the madness end?
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2024 00:45:00 -0000 (UTC)
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On Sun, 24 Mar 2024 19:29:03 -0400, DFS wrote:

> On 3/24/2024 5:45 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>> On Sun, 24 Mar 2024 09:34:06 -0400, DFS wrote:
>> 
>>> MS Office 2003 offers to remove files used during setup.
>> 
>> If they’re only “used during setup”, why does it need to “offer” to remove
>> them? Why not just clean up the mess it itself made, and be done with it?
> 
> You're not keeping up with current events.
>
> [long list of packages that have nothing to do with Microsoft Office 2003]