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From:	"Mark Habersack" <grendel AT hoth DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl>
Organization:	PPP (Pesticide Powered Pumpkins)
To:	Lorier <lorier AT ihug DOT co DOT nz>
Date:	Mon, 28 Apr 1997 13:17:05 +0100
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Subject:	Re: File Systems (was Re: Usage of directory entries
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CC:	alaric AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk, opendos-developer AT delorie DOT com
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Once upon a time (on 26 Apr 97 at 23:58) Lorier said:

> >Only if absolutely necessary. If we can possibly do without such a UNIXism,
> >we should... it'll only cause problems. I have had a hard enough time
> >convincing people that they shouldn't copy files by opening them, swapping
> >disks, and closing them, let alone explaining that each floppy they use has
> >to be mounted and demounted ("But I don't have to do that under MS-DOS...")
> 
> Agreed.  I wonder why M'Soft hasn't pushed for software eject's and things
> on floppys... It sounds like a scheme they'd love... "Click [Ok] to eject
> the floppy disk" "Microsoft Word is currently using MYTEXT.DOC on A:, please
> close this file before ejecting your disk  [OK] [More help]" :)
;-)) Hardware doesn't allow it... fortunately! ;-)
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