Kyle McDonald wrote: >> Do you remember the last time Rob went ballistic before he left? It >> was over >> login adding something to the users path. After that rucus, I think >> this is a non-starter, >> and should be. We simply shouldn't muck with PATH. > Is there a link to the discussion that ensued? I'd like to read it. For the record, that's Rob Gingell who had an employee number in the low triple digits. The last title he held was Chief Engineer. He left the company within the last year.
There isn't a formal e-mail discussion on this. Suffice it to say that many customers complain very loudly when we've mucked with the PATH on login. A couple of years ago, one of the special customers who had Scott McNealy's phone number called him about the (context was cde). The Rob "ballistic" was Gnome. (Some actually thought that this event was the straw that broke the camel's back as far as Rob leaving - not true, but it did catch him when we was fairly grouchy. I know all the details of this event, because I was the one who made him aware of the issue.) Anyway, suffice it to say, we can't even consider mucking with the user's setting of PATH. Its a non-starter. We can debate the other options tomorrow. - jek3
