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I'm sorry, I confused your statements with Neal's. My bad<BR>
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On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 12:59 -0500, Jeff Johnson wrote:<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">On Feb 22, 2006, at 12:47 PM, Richard Hendershot wrote:</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">It's really the same issue, and neither M$ nor the packager are in a </FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">to determine package downgradibility on *your* machine.</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">I'm confused. I thought your point was that a packager *should* have a hook so s/he may prevent downgrades.</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">The packager should not, the end user should, have a way to determine smart downgrade policy.</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">73 de Jeff</FONT><BR>
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Richard Hendershot <<A HREF="mailto:rshendershot@mchsi.com">rshendershot@mchsi.com</A>>
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