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From: lunatic@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Lunatic)
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Subject: Re: HFS FST
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Date: 12 Feb 90 07:02:22 GMT
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In article <57966@srcsip.UUCP> shankar@src.honeywell.com (Subash Shankar) writes:
]In article <38524@apple.Apple.COM> dlyons@Apple.COM (David A. Lyons) writes:
]>In article <57906@srcsip.UUCP> shankar@src.honeywell.com (Subash Shankar) writes:
]>>[...]
]>>Alternate conclusion -
]>>
]>>When GS/OS was developed, Apple intended to write a Mac HFS, but when they
]>>actually started writing it, they realized that it was totally impractical,
]>>and abandoned the project.
]>>
]>>At least, this is what I infer from other Usenet posts by the Apple folk.
]>
]>That's an interesting theory, but I can't think what posts you are referring
]>to.
]
]Well, probably I'm wrong, but here's my reasoning (all from memory, so they
]could be wrong).
]
]One, somebody made mention of some official type at one of the Developers 
]Meetings saying something like 
]  You're asking us for a _____ FST, when we haven't even completed the 
]  HFS one yet?
]Two, the amount of time that has gone by without release of an HFS FST.  I
]don't suscribe to the anti-Apple II conspiracy at Apple theories (though they
]definitely don't support it adequately), so I think it would have been released
]if they had a working version.

   |)
   |erhaps someone at Apple could give a detailed explaination
as to why we DON'T have an HFS FST by now?  (As long as it doesn't
get too close to discussing the release of unannounced products,
of course! :)

   ][ can only see how an HFS FST would HELP the sales of both
product lines.  If one were available, it would promote the
creation of programs to transfer data (with formatting intact!)
between the systems, and make the co-existence of Macintoshes
and IIGSes much easier (say, in a classroom setting?).

]---
]Subash Shankar             Honeywell Systems & Research Center MN65-2100
]voice: (612) 782 7558      US Snail: 3660 Technology Dr., Minneapolis, MN 55418
]shankar@src.honeywell.com  srcsip!shankar

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