Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 11:21:26 -0800 (PST)
From: Gene Buckle <geneb AT web DOT wa DOT net>
To: root <root AT 206 DOT 172 DOT 218 DOT 60>
cc: Leath Muller <leathm AT gbrmpa DOT gov DOT au>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: OpenDOS to be released next week!
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> 
> The MS LFN sucks in my opinion.  Just another kludge.  However, I would
> like to see long filenames in DOS.  I'm getting too used to Linux now, and
> hate when I have to move files from Linux to DOS!  Maybe Caldera can
> include a NEW filesystem of their own too.  MS keeps coming out with new
> ones, (FAT32 yukkk!!, VFAT, NTFS).  A better thing would be to incorporate
> the Linux second extended filesystem into OpenDOS.  That would be cool
> indeed.  Of course it wouldn't work with legacy apps, but some kludging
> could be done about that.
> 
> 

Well Mike, you'll have the source soon enough, so better get to spec'ing
it out. ;)

g.