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From: loci@csccat.UUCP (Chuck Brunow)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: ZOO/ARC Discussion
Message-ID: <542@csccat.UUCP>
Date: 3 May 88 05:23:53 GMT
References: <827@uvm-gen.UUCP> <21371@amdcad.AMD.COM>
Organization: Computer Support Corporation. Dallas,Texas.
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Keywords: Zoo Arc STUPID

In article <21371@amdcad.AMD.COM> phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai) writes:
>
>My understanding is that zoo can handle directories and arc can't.  If
>that is true, it would seem zoo is preferable.

	??????????? what's preferable about that? Doesn't your system
	have a file system? You know, the things that list when you
	say "dir". Funny thing about the file system is that it's already
	got directories (an idea they picked up from unix). 

	The real problem seems to be the clustering used by MS-DOS which
	is very wasteful of disk space. Why not go to the root of the
	problem instead of the dumb layering scheme. Just because IBM
	does stupid things (PC) is no reason to emulate them.

> ...more standard,

	what standard? What are you smoking? What planet are you from?

>there shouldn't be any one who can't use a zoo posting. 
>
>Plus you can easily get zoo on many other operating systems like Unix.
>-- 
	Keep you junk on your own machine, Unix doesn't need it.

>Make Japan the 51st state!

	Now that really makes me mad. I'd rather make them a crater.
	
>
>I speak for myself, not the company.
>Phil Ngai, {ucbvax,decwrl,allegra}!amdcad!phil or phil@amd.com

	Maybe, but it reflects on the company, university or whatever
	when you express yourself, doesn't it? After all, they think
	your a worthy employee (they hired you) and that reflects on
	their judgement.