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From: lsr@Apple.com (Larry Rosenstein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Gripes about System 7.0
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Date: 29 Jan 91 03:30:50 GMT
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In article <1991Jan26.221219.4169@cbnewsk.att.com>, ech@cbnewsk.att.com (ned.horvath) writes:
> 
> Larry, I appreciate that not EVERYTHING can go in.  But I'll suggest that
> the "foster application" idea is a nice thing that ought to be done
> thoroughly before one of us cooks up some horrendous hack...

Too late.  I've got the hack already.

I don't think it make sense to put this resource in the System file; 
should any app be able to add to the System file?  It belongs in the Finder,
and ideally there would be a mechanism to change the resource from 
within the Finder.