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From: wallwey@boulder.Colorado.EDU (WALLWEY DEAN WILLIAM)
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Subject: Re: OS/2 vs. Unix
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Date: 16 Mar 90 22:49:59 GMT
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In article <1990Mar16.155157.5431@chinet.chi.il.us> les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) writes:
>......
>>One last thing, rumor has it that Bill Gates is trying to get OS/2
>>rewritten in C so that it can be easily transported to new machines.
>
>Gee, I wonder where he got that idea?  Maybe he will add the user
>and group id concept as well.
>
>Les Mikesell
>  les@chinet.chi.il.us

The new file system (HPFS) that comes with OS/2 is supposed to be a lot more
modifiable than that of *NIX.  It's supposed to be alot more "Object
oriented, with editable attributes".  So if you personally wanted to put
user and goup id's on the files go ahead, if you want to put ICON
symbols or anything else in the attributes, go ahead!  OS/2's file
system will actually be alot more versatile than *NIX's!  

By the way, I think these are some of the features that LAN Manager (tm)
uses to make a lot more coherent network.

	Dean Wallwey