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From: singer@endor.harvard.edu (THINK Technologies)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: HFS Flames
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Date: 18 Dec 87 19:25:42 GMT
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In article <3600@husc6.harvard.edu> olson@endor.UUCP (Eric K. Olson) writes:
>In a recent article THINK Technologies writes:
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
	I take exception to that attribution. I wrote the article, and my
disclaimer explicitly says that the article represents my own opinions
and not the opinions of THINK Technologies.

>File tags might have been useful for scavenging a disk if they had been
>maintained properly and consistently.  In fact, they were of little value
>and the added complexity of 524 byte sectors on hard disks made them more
>trouble than they worth.

	"Than they are worth"? What if they can save an entire customer
data base? Or an accounts receivable database? Or the sources to your
latest and greatest product, soon to be released? Are they worth less,
or more?

>Floppies (MFS for sure and maybe HFS) when they're formatted have two
>directories, but I believe the file system only updates one of them for
>speed.

	Hmph.

>How about a compressing, error-correcting file system that can endure disk-
>level data corruption to a degree?

	If you're being sarcastic, it's lost on me.

		--Rich
**The opinions stated herein are my own opinions and do not necessarily
represent the policies or opinions of my employer (THINK Technologies).

* Richard M. Siegel | {decvax, ucbvax, sun}!harvard!endor!singer    *
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