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Resent-Date: Mon, 5 May 1997 21:52:36 -0500
Date: Mon, 5 May 1997 21:52:36 -0500
From: dfremlin AT facstaff DOT wisc DOT edu (John Fremlin)
To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Another look at FS notions
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Resent-From: dfremlin AT facstaff DOT wisc DOT edu (John Fremlin)
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The FS (filesystem) thread has been going on for many moons,
and splitting itself into different subthreads. I feel that
the time has come to clear the air.

To summarize and clarify, so that what has been said can
be re-evaluated (if I miss something out, feel free to
add it):

 1) General concensus that current dos filesystem
     needs changing

 2) General concensus that long filenames, etc.
     would be nice

    2.1) Suggestion that way to do this would be to use
          4DOS DESCRIPT.ION method since it already exists
          and is fairly simpile

    2.3) Suggestion to use Linux (ext2) system or similar,
          because it can do everything and is well
          documented: general agreement on this point

    2.4) Suggestion for filesystem that would be able to
          use other OS's filesystems like the Mac's.

 3) Suggestion to asscociate data files with programs
     (aka Windows)

-- 
John Fremlin (dfremlin AT facstaff DOT wisc DOT edu)
             (fremdh AT essex DOT ac DOT uk)

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