Re: Avoiding "Uninstallation"

Subject: Re: Avoiding "Uninstallation"
From: "Edwin Skau" <eddy -dot- skau -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: "Darges, Katherine" <katherine -dot- darges -at- defensegp -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 10:47:28 +0530

Expunge would map to delete, not uninstall.


On 3/24/06, Darges, Katherine <katherine -dot- darges -at- defensegp -dot- com> wrote:
>
> Back in the old days, you could "expunge" things from your computer.
> It was final and unrecoverable.
>
> ex*punge ( P ) Pronunciation Key (k-spnj)
> tr.v. ex*punged, ex*pung*ing, ex*pung*es
> To erase or strike out: "I have corrected some factual slips, expunged
> some repetitions" (Kenneth Tynan).
> To eliminate completely; annihilate. See Synonyms at erase.
>
>
> Katherine Darges
> Sr. Management Analyst
> National Security Programs Group
>
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> om] On Behalf Of Janice Gelb
> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 2:54 PM
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> Subject: Re: Avoiding "Uninstallation"
>
> Sorry, should have mentioned that in the original message - we don't
> want to use "remove" because of the add/remove pair. We definitely need
> to call the original process "install." I'm pretty sure we're stuck with
> "uninstall" but I've hated it for years (although not as much as
> "deinstall"
> *shudder*). I was hoping perhaps someone had found a way around it.
>
> -- Janice
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