On Thu, Nov 02, 2023 at 09:12:45AM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Loris Bennett wrote: > > What's the objection to 'folder'? I don't use it myself, but it seems > > fairly reasonable to me. Many desktop environments use an old hanging > > folder icon in their file browsers. > > tomas writes: > > This is Microsoft jargon. > > It comes from the Xerox "desktop metaphor". The idea was to hide scary > technical jargon behind familiar office jargon.
Yup -- Wikipedia says either Xerox or SRI. Cheers -- t
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