Pay attention now. I did indeed recieve the following scribe created
with one of them new-fangled typewriter type things-
> It the PC world, many software packages want to reinstall their own custom
> variations of common DLL files. It would be like every communications related
> package installing their own custom versions of "serial.device". On the Amiga,
> this doesn't generally happen, every program install is isolated from others.
>
> Once in awhile an install or errant program on a PC will corrupt a previous
> installation because of such constant overlap. The PC world is filled with
> hundreds of single points of failure. As a result, the industry norm is to
> always reinstall a package when something goes wrong. I hate calling the IT
> help desk at the office here because the only thing they know how to ask is "Did
> you reinstall the package and see if that helps yet".
>
> So to answer your puzzle, the Wintel industry has brainwashed people into that
> way of thinking. Us Amiga people know better.
>
> That is not to say that Amiga software manufacturers are perfect. Every so
> often, I will find one with lazy install routines that will install third party
> common libraries and devices (like mui.libray or reqlib.library) on top of
> whatever else is there without checking versions. They then corrupt any other
> program that had a newer version installed. The other program just stops
> working one day and a reinstall fixes it.
>
> Lawrence
>
>
Thanx for the leap to my defence, but the reason I tried a re-install
was because I wanted to make sure all the Netconnect files were ok,
after trying to connect to various free ISPs just kept on bombing my
baby. It happened a few times while writing to the drive. Also,
slightly off topic, Once or twice after running "ReOrg", some files
got corrupted, so the only solution was a re-install. So you see it's
the only thing to do sometimes.
Bruce
>
> "Chris Wiles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 05/27/99 05:52:54 AM
> > Yes. Been having problems for a few days now. Thought dear old
> > Netconnect was the problem, so re-installed it. Same prob. Glad to
>
> This is something that puzzles me more than anything else. I often
get calls
> from people who say "...so I reinstalled the software...". Why?
>
> Reinstalling makes no difference whatsoever: you reinstall over the
same
> configs, you are reinstalling the same files and so
on.
--
Bruce
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