Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 10:37:36 -0600 (MDT) From: rloefgren@forethought.net To: Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Cc: freebsd-chat <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org>, mitchell@wyatt672earp.force9.co.uk Subject: Re: Seeking Monsieur Joliet Message-ID: <20070415103425.R5632@auden.jmla.com> In-Reply-To: <86odlqy7vo.fsf@dwp.des.no> References: <200704141535363203745@wyatt672earp.force9.co.uk> <86odlqy7vo.fsf@dwp.des.no>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --0-1073852819-1176655056=:5632 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE On Sat, 14 Apr 2007, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote: > "Frank Mitchell" <mitchell@wyatt672earp.force9.co.uk> writes: >> Some folks rubbish the Joliet CD File System because Microsoft use >> it. But can anybody identify an actual Monsieur Joliet who invented >> it? Presumably he exists somewhere. Was he in fact a Microsoft >> employee? > > No, it's named for Joliet, Illinois. It originated in Windows 95 > which was at the time codenamed Chicago. > > DES > --=20 > Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > Ha! Tres apropo. Illinois has a very old state prison in Joliet. We used=20 to swing by it for a look-see on the way to Chicago to buy bicycles and=20 pizza. It was scary to see; quite a deterrent. r --0-1073852819-1176655056=:5632--
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