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Subject: Re: Job openings: Unix Network Programmers, Internet server
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> What might be almost as helpful is for people who know what they want,
> and why they want it, to file bug reports, requests, and such with
> Microsoft ("telnet sucks, please fix it", "give us a single-rooted
> filesystem", "give us a Real Shell", etc.).  That way, if NT becomes
> the defacto commercial server OS (which it has a very good chance of
> doing), at least it will be something that Unix advocates won't mind
> using so much.

The "give us a single-rooted filesystem" idea is bad.  There are
significant applications for independent volumes.  Nomadic computing
(transient network connectivity) is one example.  Portable computer
"docking stations" is another;  package installation is a third;
pluggable storage devices (PCMCIA, ZIP, JAZ, etc.) is yet another.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.