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From: erik@srava.sra.co.jp (Erik M. van der Poel)
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Subject: Re: file attributes
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Date: 24 Jun 91 06:27:39 GMT
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> Or do you just buy them Macs and be done with it?

Well, yes, if that's what the user wants. But if the user wants to
connect to a network of heterogeneous systems, or the user wants to
exchange floppies with the user of a different system, you're going to
need industry-wide standards.

We won't be able to do this metadata thing immediately, but I think it
is time to start discussing this, at least.
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Erik M. van der Poel                                      erik@sra.co.jp
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