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Re: Website
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Wed, 15 Mar 2000 20:57:35 GMT
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On Wed, 15 Mar 2000 20:43:06 GMT Sproaticus <jsproat@io.com> wrote
concerning 'Re: Website':
> Dan Boger wrote:
> > In lugnet.publish, Karim Nassar writes:
> > > <sarcasm>
> > > Isn't it great how Windows has *improved* personal computing??
> > > </sarcasm>
> > I can't help it... what does this have to do with windows? ;)
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> The filesystem in Win32 is case-preserving, but not case-sensitive. e.g. if
> you open a file named "FiLeNaMe.txt" but the file was really saved as
> "FILENAME.TXT", it'll still load. Compare this to the Unix filesystem, where
> "A" != "a". Why they decided to implement such a brain-dead filename scheme
> is beyond me.
heheh... why anyone would use it... ;) But that's what you get when
you patch (win98) a patch (win95) an application (win3.1) and call it
an OS. Reminds me of something one of the developers of SAMBA once
said: "Windows networking protocol (SMB) is like an accident - no one
planned it, it just kind of happend" *grin*.
> I've done this a jillion times, myself, and is one of the reasons I'll be
> putting Linux on my home machine once I get my DSL installed.
woo! That's the right way to go :)
>
> Oh, wait. I just saw your winkie. Oh, well. :-P
:)
Dan
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| (...) The filesystem in Win32 is case-preserving, but not case-sensitive. e.g. if you open a file named "FiLeNaMe.txt" but the file was really saved as "FILENAME.TXT", it'll still load. Compare this to the Unix filesystem, where "A" != "a". Why they (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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