Re: MacOS 8 & Chooser Icon

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From: Adam Lloyd
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 00:00

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In article <1d4mnx3.xi08131awuedjN@p33.nas1.is2.u-net.net>,
real-address-in-sig@flurbletigibbet.rhubarb.foobar (Rebecca and wrote:

[SimpleText]
>Every now and then I do a `Find File' and clear 'em out...  

I do that too, and the other day it struck me that perhaps I should do a
search for "TeachText" too. I found no less than nine copies lurking on my
hard disks... it was most disconcerting.

>It's amazing, the places I've found copies.  Why is it that practically any
>commercial software insists on installing a copy when every Mac OS since
>time immemorial has come with the wee beastie?

It's probably to guard against people who zealously throw them away.

-- 
Adam Lloyd
Yclept Microsystems

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