There are just a few message reply quotes now aren't there.Why exactly did you choose to be upset at that comment? Where did I impute any lack of wit, wisdom or intelligence on your (or anyone else's) part when making the above statement?Although I always thought the dot-three naming convention was a little over simplistic, since only one application could control any one file type.
File extensions were around *long* before Bill Gates was shaving. They came into existence with UNIX.Why exactly do you think I wouldn't know that? That's hardly ground breaking news. I'm not blaming Bill Gates for anything or trying to start a platform war just stating my opinion of the dot-three naming convention.
I realize you probably didn't mean to offend me with your previous statement, and if we were face-to-face I could just give you a funny look and say, "duh" and we could both laugh about it, but we're not and that's why you'll find so many flames on lists like this.
It comes off that way because if you read my initial statement and then your reply they have nothing to do with each other:
I said I thought the dot-three file extension system seemed overly simplistic.
You said Bill Gates did not invent it and it came from Unix.
Okay... But I didn't say Bill Gates invented them, nor did I ask where they came from. Your response would seem to imply that I didn't know such basic information or I had somehow implied otherwise.
So how do I reply with a friendly "duh"? Different methods will offend different people. Also, I do tend to get rather annoyed when the reply doesn't fit the thread. So I apologize if my response offended you.
It's sort of kind of an issue with OSX now too -- whenever you install a new browser or media player it asks on launch if you want to make it the default for thus and so file types.Yeah, I had to laugh the first time that popped up on me. "Oh great, my favorite file conflict 'feature' now available on Mac." But I was pleasantly surprised how easily it was to get around it.
unless Apple wanted to actually buy the codebase for the OS, or license it or go into a partnership, they'd have to reverse engineer it in order to make an OS that was similar.I doubt Be owns the patent on Metadata. It's implementation is becoming more wide spread and we just may see it on the Mac if what Brennan has heard is true. One can only hope.
later,
kyle
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