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From: lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips)
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Subject: Re: A3000UX competition
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Date: 3 Dec 90 19:12:03 GMT
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In <36488@cup.portal.com>, thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) writes:
>
>My only REAL gripe with pre-SVR4 systems has been the 14-character filename
>limit ... that has been REALLY a hassle for me.  But with SVR4 you just bring
>up the BSD FFS and no sweat.

While 14 character file names are annoying, the SysVism that I got bitten by
not too long ago was the 1 second resolution on file dates. Seems the SPARCs
are getting fast enough for that to make a difference.

-larry

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