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From: deraadt@enme3.ucalgary.ca (Theo Deraadt)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: What kind of things would you wnat in the GNU OS
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Date: 2 Jun 89 22:16:52 GMT
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In article <14020064@hpisod2.HP.COM> decot@hpisod2.HP.COM (Dave Decot) writes:
>Three things that should not be in an unusable OS:
>
>> 	1) virtual memory
>> 	2) symbolic links
>> 	3) long file names (BSD directories)

Exactly. If anyone thinks that an GNU OS would not have virtual memory and
BSD filenames, they have not played with GNU emacs lately.
 <tdr.

Theo de Raadt              CPSC student              Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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