Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uflorida!haven!adm!smoke!gwyn
From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: GS/OS FSTs, Desktop/Finder, etc
Message-ID: <9906@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 23 Mar 89 15:05:45 GMT
References: <795@orbit.UUCP>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
Lines: 14

In article <795@orbit.UUCP> shawn@pnet51.cts.com (Shawn Stanley) writes:
>gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn ) writes:
>>It's the restrictions on filenames and volume size that we want FIXED!
>You find the 15-character filename size limit unreasonable?  I find that
>filenames larger than 15 characters can become rather unwieldy, especially if
>you're passing information between other computer systems.

For years UNIX had a 14-character filename limit.
It definitely got in the way, and 4.2BSD expanded it many times.
People who got used to 4.2BSD filenames and have had to deal with
older UNIX filesystems definitely have found the 14-character
limit a serious hindrance.

So, yes, 15-character filenames are woefully small.