"Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T." wrote:
>
> Asa Dotzler wrote:
> >
> > Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T. wrote:
> >
> > <snip>
> > > As I've been chided here often. Don't make broad brush assumptions.
> > > while on 'nix and windows you can do this Netscape 6 and Communicator up
> > > to 4.7.8 do conflict with each other.
> > >
> > Please stop stating that is if it was the case for everyone. You have a usage
>pattern which differs from most other users that causes you some problem that no one
>else can reproduce. I test Mozilla on Mac OS 8.5 (currently busted, no keyboard
>input) 8.6, 9.1, 9.2.1, 10.0 and 10.1. I also use Communicator 4.x on those machines
>for compatability testing and bug confirming. There are no problems with running 4.x
>and Mozilla/6.x on the same machine.
> >
> > --Asa
> >
> >
>
> Look you better frequent some of the netscape newsgroups.
>
> I can not believe that I am the only one having the problem if the
> Netscape Champions program recommends not puting both on the same
> partition on the same hard drive.
>
> Its recommended by the Netscape Champions program. NOT to have N6 and
> Communicator installed on the same Hard drive if using one partition (as
> i do) or on the same Partition if the drive is paritioned.
I'm sorry but Asa can find out all about the Netscape Champions from
some other folks who he works with. Dan Vedits (sorry if I misspelled
that) for one. How we came about is history. That we still help with
Netscape problems is habit or whatever though we still get some good
help from some very good Netscape engineers.
The actual recommendation is not to share profiles because of some
changes in preferences that can cause surprises and worse. There is
nothing special about having Netscape and Mozilla in the same partition.
They don't do battle with thermonuclear weapons on you disk drive
leaving craters and land mines. It is just that there are occasional
problems with preferences when profiles are shared.
Asa is right. You are making a mountain out of a mole hill. The
exageration is insulting to developers. Dragging in the Netscape
Champions is not fair to us because we are always working with the
balance that fits the user who asks a question. I am not going to tell a
completely green user to fix his problem by writing a Perl script. I
will give him guidelines that I consider safe for his level of
expertise.
Don't be so confrontational. I know Asa's tone is very different when he
thinks he can say words that will help. Look for other posts from
Netscape and Mozilla developers when they are confronted with a real
problem with a real solution or even no solution. They tell you a lot.
After all, this is an open source project. We can all know as much or as
little as we wish.
Chuck
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... The times have been,
That, when the brains were out,
the man would die. ... Macbeth
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