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From: ksand@Apple.COM (Kent Sandvik, 120dB or more)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: Bug in A/UX 2.0.1
Keywords: Move files
Message-ID: <13334@goofy.Apple.COM>
Date: 5 May 91 03:16:37 GMT
References: <11189@ncar.ucar.edu> <13188@goofy.Apple.COM> <1991May3.141724.23954@helios.physics.utoronto.ca>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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In article <1991May3.141724.23954@helios.physics.utoronto.ca> mark@cita.toronto.edu writes:

>Are you saying that, despite the fact that Mac files have file types
>associated with them, the finder nonetheless uses the *name* of the
>file to decide whether something is a driver or not?  If so, isn't
>this a horrible botch even in the MacOS world?  And regardless, it's
>totally unacceptable in an A/UX environment, given the preponderance
>of files whose names begin with '.' under UNIX.

>Is something terribly wrong with A/UX in this regard, or have I just
>missed a joke that floated over my head?

Compability means that every feature and every *limitation/bug* has
to be implemented 1:1. This is true of network protocols, CPU design,
operating system emulation and document architectures. 

Kent Sandvik, who has seen vt220 emulation packages that will 
break because they fixed a DEC bug.

-- 
Kent Sandvik, DTS Rock Lobster
Disclaimer: I am not working with Public Relations.