MB Software Solutions wrote: > Paul McNett wrote: >> <snipped> >> Weird that drive letters should exist at all, actually. > > What would you rather...volume names?
I like the *nix way: a virtual filesystem that abstracts away the fact that there is more than one physical disk at play. The cdrom, floppy, hard disks, and network volumes all exist somewhere in the / tree. Everything in the filesystem is relative to /, the root of the tree. In Windows, there isn't one root; rather, there's one root for each volume. Having to specify a drive letter keeps you from being able to be relative; forces you to be absolute. It is brittle, inflexible, annoying, and shortsighted. Yes, I know you can specify mount points for ntfs volumes, which helps but feels very much grafted on and only partly implemented. Something to market to appease the PHB's that Windows offers everything that *nix does. Paul -- http://paulmcnett.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
