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From: peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter DaSilva)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Please don't start (was  Amiga Wish List)
Message-ID: <188@sugar.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 16-Jun-87 09:00:20 EDT
Article-I.D.: sugar.188
Posted: Tue Jun 16 09:00:20 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 25-Jun-87 00:55:58 EDT
References: <150@sugar.UUCP> <12632@topaz.rutgers.edu>
Organization: Sugar Land UNIX - Houston, TX
Lines: 14
Keywords: Workbench Improvements Icon Dir --> Already been beaten to death
Summary: One last plea for simplicity and elegance, old chums.

In article <12632@topaz.rutgers.edu>, lachac@topaz.rutgers.edu (Gerard Lachac) writes:
> In article <150@sugar.UUCP> peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter DaSilva) writes:
> >1) Put file names in directories.
> >2) Have the workbench display all files.
> STOP!  
> What's done is done, CBM is aware of the problem (Lord knows they've heard
> it from the net)  The volume on this newsgroup is high enough...

But... is CBM going to do anything about them? The Amiga DOS has all the hooks
for adding new types of file systems (see previous posts re: dir PIPE:), so
it *is* possible for them to do something about #1 in a compatible manner.
#2 also shouldn't require much work... and of course would be compatible. Both
of the competitions' machines support this, too, and I know the current setup
has cost sales.