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From: "Alaric B. Williams" <alaric AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
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Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 21:36:14 +0000
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> There is a saying that goes, "Those who don't understand UNIX,
> are doomed to reinvent it only poorly". The same can be said
> about filesystems. 

Funnily enough, that reminds me of a recent posting on the LispOS
list; I'll just go find it...

...damn, I can't, but it was something like:

"We mustn't forget to carefully study what has been done before.
The UNIX guys didn't, and look what they ended up with" :-)


ABW

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