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From: "Alaric B. Williams" <alaric AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
To: JP Morris <b52g AT usa DOT net>
Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 18:01:38 +0000
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Subject: Re: BIG suggestion for Opendos Features
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> ><DROOL>
> >Native ext2 with symlinks, hardlinks, case sensitivity, self
> >defragmentation, speed, permissions, uid's/gid's, etc...
 
> Don't overwhelm the poor users with too much complexity.
> As for UNIX permissions, either we inhert the unpleasant
> CHMOD with its 3-levels of security that force the user
> to think in octal, or we invent some really twisted abbreviations.
> I thought the trend was to make things friendlier.

I'd agree with JP here. Do we need this kind of access control?

> Personally I'd be happy to stick with RASH.

It's fine for a single user system, IMHO.
 
And what about case sensitivity? NEVER! I like the way NT
does it. Case is preserved for presentation value, but
I don't have to get the case right to name a file properly!


ABW
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Alaric B. Williams (alaric AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk)

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