[thelist] Compatibility between Mac, Linux, XP

Jon jon at kickinsites.com
Thu Jan 31 12:40:01 CST 2002


Thanks Pete, Daniel for the quick responses. These were the answers I was
hoping for and pretty much expecting. But, like I said we want to make sure
before we signed the contract.

Thanks,
Jon

> From: Peter Loron <peterl at cnw.com>
> Reply-To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
> Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 10:29:46 -0800
> To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
> Subject: Re: [thelist] Compatibility between Mac, Linux, XP
>
> The only issue I can think of offhand is the good 'ol end of line
> characters. IIRC, Flash files are Flash files, so that shouldn't be an
> issue. Text files such as HTML, CSS, etc should probably be saved as
> Windows text files instead of Mac files. IIS, in my experience, seems to
> handle Mac files ok, but they won't come up nicely in a PC text editor
> unless it understands Mac end of line characters.
>
> -Pete
>
> Jon wrote:
>
>> Sorry for the previous message with the messed up subject line.
>>
>> Hi Everybody,
>>
>> Until this point I have had small Clients and have been ftp'ing web site
>> files to their web host's servers.
>>
>> Now I have a Client who wants the files delivered on CD's. He has a Linux
>> server running Apache and an XP running MS IIS as Intranet Web Servers. I
>> have a Mac that I do my work on.
>>
>> For this job he is looking at a simple Splash page done with Flash (I know -
>> and agree -with a lot of the arguments against "useless" Splash pages but he
>> has made his decision) and future HTML, etc. pages.
>>
>> Are there any compatibility issues involved with building the various files
>> on the Mac, burning a CD and loading them on to his Servers? If so what
>> options do I have to overcome those issues?
>>
>> Neither of us is sure how this will work and we want to iron this out before
>> we ink the deal.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jon
>>
>
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