Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!hubcap!ncrcae!ncrlnk!ncr-mpd!kentd From: kentd@FtCollins.NCR.com (Kent.Dalton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: case insensitivity in TOS Message-ID: Date: 14 Jan 91 17:24:19 GMT References: <1991Jan12.023029.20022@convex.com> Sender: uucp@ncr-mpd.FtCollins.NCR.COM Organization: NCR Microelectronics, Ft. Collins, CO Lines: 17 In-reply-to: rosenkra@convex.com's message of 12 Jan 91 02:30:29 GMT >is there any inherent reason why future TOS versions can't be case >sensitive, at least WRT file names (and directories)? i know that Seems to me that it would break a ton of existing code for a relatively small and (debatable) benefit. Not a win, IMHO. Also, Some people LIKE case insensitivity (ever heard of VMS? :^) -- /**************************************************************************/ /* Kent Dalton * EMail: Kent.Dalton@FtCollins.NCR.COM */ /* NCR Microelectronics * CIS: 72320,3306 */ /* 2001 Danfield Ct. MS470A * */ /* Fort Collins, Colorado 80525 * "This mind intentionally left blank" */ /* (303)223-5100 X-319 * All standard disclaimers apply */ /**************************************************************************/