On Wed, 05 Apr 2000 19:55:03 -0400, Brian Mathis
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> <PERSONAL OPINION>
>>
>> I sure would like to know what clown at Apple invented this
>> Data/Resource fork business, because I'd just love to hit them with a
>> great big stick! What is wrong with the *single* file system that is
>> used by just about every other computer in the world?
>>
>> </PERSONAL OPINION>
>
>Ok, troll..
It wasn't a troll. It was simply a statement of opinion. That was
why I had those delimeters around it!
>The resource fork is something that *should* have made it into every
>other file system. Determining a file type based on 3 characters after
>the last dot? *That's* the ridiculous idea.
I agree totally! That's why I use a computer that doesn't work that
way.
Colin Ward, Software Engineer
Active Sky Pty Ltd
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