Re: Old wine in new bottles

[James Love <love@cptech.org>]

I have found the best way to have both NS and MSIE on a computer is to
uninstall NS, then install MSIE, and then reinstall NS, giving NS the
last install.   Jamie


Steve Cohen wrote:
> 
> I think you're right.  It isn't that hard to do.  I had put IE4 on my system
> along with Netscape, my default browser, because I wanted to check how a web
> page worked there.  Immediately, Netscape became unstable, crashing more often
> than not.  Finally, having accomplished with IE4 what I set out to do, I
> decided to get rid of it, following the Netscape instructions for doing so,
> which was nothing but running Add/Remove.  It worked like a charm and Netscape
> was once again reliable.
> 
> As far as the file associations go, I would certainly expect them to be
> removed, and holler if not.  It isn't such a big deal anyway, both Netscape
> and IE will take over these if you install them.  I forget whether they give
> you the choice, but I think they do.
> 
> Declan McCullagh wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 22 Jan 1998, P.A. Petricone wrote:
> >
> > > The more I learn about this settlement, the more it looks like ms
> > > technically snookered DOJ into letting them leave the ie code on the
> > > OSR2 system with it's buttons hidden, at least for the option that most
> > > OEMs will elect to use. If the default file associations stay in place,
> > > the first click on a html, gif, or jpj file that may have come with the
> > > machine or 3rd party app - off she goes! There are some 200+ ie specific
> > > files sitting there waiting for an opportunity to break something.
> >
> > This is an interesting point. But is it true?
> >
> > That is, have you verified this by running A/R and also by killing the
> > icon?  As a Unix-type myself, I'm not familiar enough with Windows to
> > guess at the behavior without trying it.
> >
> > -Declan
> > >
> > >
> > >

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