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From: dan@Apple.COM (Dan Allen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Running HyperCard from a unix file server (AUFS)
Message-ID: <23402@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 5 Jan 89 21:31:49 GMT
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Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <18757@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> edmoy@violet.berkeley.edu writes:
>Though HC 1.2.2 may fix the problem in HyperCard's case, there is still the
>more general problem of case-sensitivity that can cause problems.  If you

People tend to forget one thing, regardless whether or not case
sensitivity is good or bad: HyperCard is designed--like almost all
Macintosh applications--to work with the Macintosh File System (MFS) and
its superset, the Hierarchical File System (HFS), both of which are case
insensitive.

ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO USE PROGRAMS LIKE HYPERCARD SHOULD HAVE A TRULY
MAC-COMPATIBLE FILE SYSTEM.  If people are using Unix-based file servers
with HyperCard and there are case-sensitivity problems, then that means
that whoever wrote the device drivers or protocal converters that
mediates between HFS and Unix simply DIDN'T DO THEIR JOB RIGHT.  The
Unix file server should AUTOMATICALLY handle case sensitivity problems
if HyperCard stacks are going to be used from it.  It is a system
software problem.

Dan Allen
Apple Computer