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- From: sheldon@iastate.edu (Steve Sheldon)
- Subject: Re: What is lacking in UNIX? (Re: UNIVEL MUST BE KIDDING!!!!!)
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- Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
- References: <1992Dec28.044317.21507@xenitec.on.ca>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 15:04:36 GMT
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- In <1992Dec28.044317.21507@xenitec.on.ca> merce@xenitec.on.ca (Jim Mercer) writes:
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- >> ISC UNIX uses OLD.unix, while still others use unix.old. Caramba!
- >>If they can't even standardize on a simple naming convention, what hope do
- >>we have?
-
- >go sample the PATH's of 500 PC's.
-
- >you call that standardization?
-
- >as a matter of fact, try comparing directory hierarchies on 500 PC's.
-
- >there a true mark of similarity
-
- >(mind you, you'll probably find that 250 of those PC's use the root for
- >main storage.)
-
- ARRGH! This really annoys me! People who use C:\ to save all of their files
- in.
-
- Of course the next thing which annoys me is stupid dumb idiotic commercial
- software that wants to install in C:\foo, and only C:\foo. Why can't I use
- the directories of my PC and install in C:\utils\foo?
-
- Ohwell, enough griping... Back to our regular unix discussion. :)
- --
- sheldon@iastate.edu Steve Sheldon
- Project Vincent ICSS Resource Unit
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