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From: jrd@cc.usu.edu (Joe Doupnik)
Subject: Re: K95 differences with DOS product - security issue?
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Date: 2 Feb 01 14:32:02 MDT
Organization: Utah State University
To: kermit.misc@columbia.edu
> GREAT MOMENTS IN THE HISTORY OF COMPUTING: Microsoft, circa 1982, when DOS
> 2.0 came out and subdirectories were added to the formerly flat DOS file
> system: "Let's do it just like in UNIX, but instead of slashes, let's use
> backslashes!" ... "Kewl!"
>
> - Frank
-----
And immediately followed up with a Service Pack reserving forward
slashes for switch qualifiers rather than using minus signs. So far Redmond
hasn't discovered minus signs, so there's another patent opportunity for you.
The term I use for all this is idiomatic.
Joe D.