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Re: msi upgrade

Subject: Re: msi upgrade
From: Matthew Winn
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 07:16:23 +0000 UTC
Newsgroups: opera.beta
On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:59:30 -0400, Mark V <notvalid@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  In opera.beta Rijk van Geijtenbeek wrote:
> > Well, at some point we'll *have* to make the switch - Opera 9
> > final will  have to upgrade the previous official release.
>  [ ]
> 
>  E-gads, that would be horrible!  A number of us do _not_ upgrade an 
>  older release, _ever_, but retain two or more versions.  OS _must_ 
>  keep the "old" installer available as the MSI is a PoS.

Am I missing something here?  I took the meaning to be "Opera 9 will
have to BE ABLE TO upgrade the previous official release" (and, I
assume, default to that).  I didn't think it was implied that Opera 9
would ruthlessly hunt down and replace all earlier versions whether
you wanted it to or not.

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Matthew Winn
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