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Subject: Re: READ.ME: A modest proposal
Keywords: read.me, readme.1st, readme.2nd, etc.
Message-ID: <4986@cps3xx.UUCP>
Date: 14 Oct 89 22:39:34 GMT
References: <30359@pbhya.PacBell.COM>
Reply-To: hendrick@frith.UUCP (Kenneth J. Hendrickson)
Organization: Michigan State University
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In article <30359@pbhya.PacBell.COM> whh@PacBell.COM (Wilson Heydt) writes:
>the common
>name (and it's common variants) create a name collision problem on
>a lot of machines thses days.
>I would like to propose that the READ.ME file, as it is now used
>be called "name.RME" and that if a file is desired called "READ.ME",
>that it contain only directions to read the ".RME" file.

I disent.  If you use subdirectories properly, the collision problem is
largely non-existant.  Let's keep read.me files, cuz everybody is
familiar with them, and they work well.

In the rare case that original ideas   Kenneth J. Hendrickson    N8DGN
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