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Subject: Re: File "Ownership"
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Date: Sun, 28-Jul-85 17:11:48 EDT
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From: zar%xhmeia@cit-hamlet.arpa

Thank you all for answering. Now that I know how a file is stamped with a
U.I.C., I am beginning to wonder why this (awful) method is used. Many of
you have stated that it is helpful in setting up project directories (and
this is indeed helpful). What people haven't discussed is the word "owner-
ship". I, foolishly, assume the owner is the person that originally created
the file. But it seems |d|i|g|i|t|a|l| has redefined the word to mean the
controller of the file (aha - "CONTROL" - a new protection code). I don't
really care now that I've read and seen documentation about this horrid
change, but I would like to see it in the release notes and I would like
to see the word "owner" replaced with "controller" in all the documentation.