> Arno wrote about fixltx2e and not fix-cm. And he is right: If loaded
> after float fixltx2e overwrites the float definition of float: [...]

I've just read the very interesting article in TUGBoat regarding
Michiel Helvensteijn's `pkgloader' package, which should solve such
issues in an elegant way.  Let's hope that his package succeeds!

  http://www.ctan.org/pkg/pkgloader


    Werner