Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 06:20:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Mike A. Harris" <mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca>
Reply-To: "Mike A. Harris" <mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca>
To: Craig Calef <mutiny AT hardlink DOT com>
cc: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: cAsE sensitivity
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On Fri, 30 May 1997, Craig Calef wrote:

> <snip>
> Name an infamous Finnish computer god:  L____ T_______
> </snip>
> Why would a die-hard DOS user know, or would ever have to know, who Linus Torvald is?

Who is Linus Torvalds?  :o)

Seriously, a die-hard DOS user *wouldn't* need to know, or have
to know who he is.  I was just injecting some humor into the
situation.  Leave the last question off if it pleases you, I can
come up with DOS-relevant ones... :o)

How about:

You will be asked to type in some filenames right now, please
type them in:


Makefile ________

README.txt ___________

and a few others

The program then determines wether or not the user is case
sensitive aware....

Or, it describes the various filesystems, recommends FAT to
non-advanced users, lets them choose what they want (if they
choose to call themselves advanced, then they had better be
prepared for the advanced options screen).  If they want ext2 or
some other system, then they can read help screens for the
various FS's and choose what they want, then they can be asked
about the case sensitivity issue (the default being case
INSENSITIVE).

Sound fair?

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