At 08:57 PM 7/14/1998 -0700, Kathy E. Gill so eloquently stated:
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>http://cnn.com/TECH/computing/9807/14/livingston.idg/
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>(IDG) -- The setup routine for Microsoft's new Windows 98 operating
>system deliberately disables files used by competitors' software and
>installs different versions of those files for the use of Windows 98.
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>The changed files are DLLs -- small support programs that are shared by
>several applications -- as well as other shared files. If the Windows 98
>setup routine detects that a competitors' program has installed a newer
>shared file than the version that comes with Windows 98, the setup
>routine moves the file to a new location, thereby disabling it. Win98
>then installs an older version of the same file into the proper
>location. The application that depended on the newer version of that
>file may no longer work properly, or it may no longer work at all.
>Kathy E. Gill
Where's the DOJ when you need them?
I suspect that happens with a lot of companies. I recently
purchased an HP 1175 Office jet printer (fabulous BTW) and had to
install their software. After doing so, three existing software
modules didn't work (dll stuff), and I had to re-install. PITA.
George
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