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- From: sdorner@qualcom.qualcomm.com (Steve Dorner)
- Subject: Re: # of files
- Message-ID: <1992Aug27.220740.2524@qualcomm.com>
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- Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA
- References: <BtLr5D.Hy7@iat.holonet.net> <YORK.92Aug26160243@oakland-hills.lucid.com> <1992Aug27.143819.11599@sunfs3.Camex.COM>
- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 22:07:40 GMT
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- kent@sunfs3.Camex.COM (Kent Borg) writes:
- >No, Firstclass does not circumvent the file system, aliases are not
- >implemented by the file system--which is what annoys the makers of
- >Firstclass. I think they wish they were on a Unix box. To use
- >aliases would require extra irksome work on their part.
-
- Sounds like they have an Attitude. Of course, they're not the
- only ones. I can think of one particular development system that ALSO
- doesn't have a clue about aliases. It's called MPW, and the company
- is some fruit name. Ah, well, they probably weren't Apple Partners, and
- didn't get any warning of what was going to happen in System 7. :-)
-
- Aliases are implemented in an unpleasant way for any app that doesn't
- just use standard file, and it's no particular shame that aliases
- aren't supported in such apps. Of course, as the years wear on, one's
- patience wears thinner.
- --
- Steve Dorner, Qualcomm, Inc.
- Yes, I'm still working on Eudora and it's still free.
-