Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:25:29 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: George Davidovich <freebsd@optimis.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: please help to uninstall FreeBSD!!! Message-ID: <20090817102529.be4fe3a5.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20090816172801.GA84244@marvin.optimis.net> References: <980215.56754.qm@web58307.mail.re3.yahoo.com> <20090812130546.GA3672@marge.bs.l> <4A82C3DD.7040209@ibctech.ca> <002701ca1b59$b3e132c0$1ba39840$@com> <20090813040701.34245f03.freebsd@edvax.de> <003601ca1e89$deda1ef0$9c8e5cd0$@com> <20090816172801.GA84244@marvin.optimis.net>
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On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 10:28:01 -0700, George Davidovich <freebsd@optimis.net> wrote: > Sorry, but while I agree the MICROS~1 pejorative can be a bit juvenile > and uncalled for, your assertion that 8.3 filenames are a thing of the > past is incorrect. Furthermore, I think it wasn't a "gain of comfort" MICROS~1 (sorry, can't resist) inventet. As far as I remember, CP/M had 8.3 filenames too, and that was prior to DOS. (It only hadn't directories). > Obviously, there's reasons for that, but this is one of those situations > where an admonition of "Go ahead and laugh -- it's funny!" might be > appropriate. Finally. By the way, where did I read that #define macro names have to be unique within the first 6 (six) letters? :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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