[Lazarus] Is this a new microsoft approach?

[Reenen Laurie]

> I replied before reading you blog. :-( Clearly you have a limited
> understanding of unix type OS's. [not meant in a rude way]

No offense taken.  Might even add a "very" before the limited. :-)

> Well the unix way sure as hell beats the Vista way!

Vista... it's really, really, really, bad...  I don't want to get started...


On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 10:03 AM, Graeme Geldenhuys <graemeg.lists at gmail.com
> wrote:

> 2008/8/15 Reenen Laurie <rlaurie at gmail.com>:
> > I cannot second this... 50 years of using cryptic names is now a legacy,
> but
> > it's not a good one.  I blogged about this exactly about 4 weeks ago
> > (http://reenenlaurie.blogspot.com/2008/08/what-linux-must-change.html)
> but,
> > things are the way they are, and I guess it won't change.
>
> I replied before reading you blog. :-( Clearly you have a limited
> understanding of unix type OS's. [not meant in a rude way]
>
> As Marco point out. From a command line window, please type:   man hier
>
> This will explain in part, the file system hierarchy. Also remember
> that unix type OS's are designed from the ground up to be multi-user
> systems. Remotely connect to it, or remotely use parts of it. So
> certain file system parts (directories) of a company's Unix Box
> (server) could be shared amongst it's employees workstations (as if
> it's part of there local hard drives).
>
> Anyway, there are many other really cool stuff the unix type OS's can
> do, which might confuse a newbie, but this is where the 50+ years of
> unix evolution comes to play. It's quite fascinating to research. If
> you have the time, please do so—it's an eye opener. You will
> appreciate the power of unix so much more!
>
>
> Regards,
>  - Graeme -
>
>
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