From: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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Subject: Re: gdb problem or just silly me - please help
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Date: Mon, 08 May 2000 14:13:26 GMT
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On Mon, 8 May 2000 11:11:35 +0300 (IDT), Eli Zaretskii
<eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote:

>On Sun, 7 May 2000, Kalum Somaratna wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 6 May 2000, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> 
>> > So, if Microsoft would want to add this support to DOS, they'd need to
>> > rewrite the Windows file I/O code so that it would work inside DOS,
>> > and then add that code to MSDOS.DOS and IO.SYS.
>> 
>> This shows just how well Micro$oft designs there software, right. ;-)
>
>Sorry, I don't really see how did you arrive at that conclusion.
>
>The addition of LFN functionality when Windows starts is analogous to
>the additional functionality in, say, keyboard remapping that you get
>on Unix when you start X.  I fail to see how does this reveal anything
>(good or bad) about the design.

That LFN support is tied to having Windows resident in RAM.
That keyboard remapping is tied to having X resident in RAM.
Product tying is thought to be bad and to result in bloatware;
hence the *n?x philosophy of "one tool for one job".

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