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Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 14:41:42 +0100
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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...

> 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!
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