Message-Id:	<m0wL67H-000FmrC@hn.planet.gen.nz>
Date:	Sat, 26 Apr 97 23:58 NZST
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To:	grendel AT hoth DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl
From:	Lorier <lorier AT ihug DOT co DOT nz>
Subject:	Re: Usage of directory entries
Cc:	alaric AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk,
	"Alaric B. Williams" <alaric AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>,
	Matthias DOT Paul AT post DOT rwth-aachen DOT de, opendos-developer AT delorie DOT com

At 02:41 PM 25/04/97 +0100, Mark Habersack wrote:
>Once upon a time (on 24 Apr 97 at 20:08) Alaric B. Williams said:
>
>> > Things like file system checking and defragmentation are things better
>> > done while the file system is either unmounted or mounted read-only.
>> 
>> You mean /more easily done/. Easier for programmers. Better for users 
>> if it happens invisibly.
>I am really sceptic about such 'invisible' or 'automatic' things - after 
>experiences with M$'s software...

I hate some of them... they can get very annoying.


>> Priorities... this isn't Linux we're building here... OpenDOS is for
>> everyone. IMHO.
>True, but why wouldn't it be a "real" operating system like Linux is? In 
>fact, we should take as much from Linux as we can with OpenDOS still being 
>DOS!

Ummm.... Linux has the single disadvange that idiots that can't live without
a mouse take one look at linux and panic.  We should try to avoid that...
make it MORE simplistic... Make it so that "advanced" windows users use
opendos... and advanced opendos users use linux :)

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