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Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 06:30:21 -0600
From: "Jonathan E. Brickman" <brickman AT cjnetworks DOT com>
Reply-To: "Jonathan E. Brickman" <brickman AT cjnetworks DOT com>
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Subject: [opendos] FSSTND
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I disagree about using FSSTND as a standard for OpenDOS.
FSSTND was designed as a good structure for a Unix.
OpenDOS is a DOS, well-suited for constructing single-user
workstations, not servers.  FSSTND implies a huge directory
hierarchy that I don't see the need for under DOS.
I also don't see applications support as a valid reason
for using FSSTND: Makefiles are almost always quite
easily reconfigurable for non-Unix directory structures,
and super-long paths need to be first on the list of OpenDOS
improvements if they are not already available.