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From: jcallen@Encore.COM (Jerry Callen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.encore
Subject: Re: Burned by Encore: /etc/format
Message-ID: <14366@encore.Encore.COM>
Date: 20 Mar 91 19:19:44 GMT
References: <1991Mar13.212619.8961@casbah.acns.nwu.edu> <702@seqp4.UUCP>
Reply-To: jcallen@encore.Com (Jerry Callen)
Organization: Encore Computer Corp, Marlboro, MA
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In article <702@seqp4.UUCP> jdarcy@seqp4.ORG (Jeffrey D'Arcy) writes:
>phil@eecs.nwu.edu (William LeFebvre) writes:
>
>>If you still don't get it, what I'm trying to say is that Sun has a
>>"format" too, and it does something very very different from Encore's
>
>Yippee.  I for one am glad that Encore didn't expend more effort trying
>to emulate Sun.  I wonder if you get annoyed at people who keep saying
>"...but it works on a VAX" or "the Mac does this much better".  You're
>no less annoying than they are.

Yes, it _is_ annoying to hear that a competitor may be doing something
right.  I wouldn't expect disk formatting programs to all work the same way
across different hardware and software. I _would_ expect at least some 
request for confirmation before wiping out the entire contents of a disk. 

-- Jerry Callen
   jcallen@encore.com

Obligatory disclaimer: I'm speaking for myself and not Encore. My opinion
on disk formatting is clearly at odds with how Encore software currently 
works. Somehow I doubt that anyone in Encore management will give me any 
grief for voicing that opinion.