General question about Linux

[Pete]

I always thought of them as dir.  Shorter than folder?
  Pete

----- Original Message -----
From: "Octavian Rasnita" <orasnita at home.ro>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2002 10:42 PM
Subject: Re: General question about Linux


> I never care about the "correct term" anywhere, not only in computers, if
> the other persons can understand me.
> So if it is not a Windows term, why do you keep telling me about Windows?
>
> Teddy Center: http://teddy.fcc.ro/
> Mail: orasnita at home.ro
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Aaron Howell" <aaron at kitten.net.au>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2002 7:25 AM
> Subject: Re: General question about Linux
>
>
> *sigh*
> Its not refusal to learn new terms. Its refusal on *your* part to use the
> correct term in the correct environment.
> and as has been clearly demonstrated the origination of the terms you
refer
> to had nothing to do with Bill Gates,
> (in fact, bill Gates himself had very little to do with the development of
> Windows, he had a miriad of programmers to do it for him by that stage).
> Teddy, if you prefer Windows, go and use it, but please stop antagonizing
> people on this list about your choice.
> Regards
> Aaron
> On Sun, Jul 21, 2002 at 05:44:15AM +0300, Octavian Rasnita wrote:
> > If you refuse to learn new terms, only because they are invented by Bill
> > Gates, ... well ... I understand.
> > Teddy Center: http://teddy.fcc.ro/
> > Mail: orasnita at home.ro
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Toby Fisher" <toby_fisher at bigfoot.com>
> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2002 4:28 AM
> > Subject: Re: General question about Linux
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 19 Jul 2002, Octavian Rasnita wrote:
> >
> > > I have worked in stationery, and I know what are the differences
between
> a
> > > folder and  other methods of storing data.
> > > I also know that an intelligent guy named the directory  as
"directory"
> > for
> > > a computer a few tens of years ago, but I don't care about that.
> > > If I say folder, do you understand me?
> > > If you do, why care to say a longer word just to please some
intelligent
> > > people that don't like to adopt easier things because they  are not
> > > "correct."
> >
> > There is one simple answer to this.  If you are talking to someone who
has
> > never used windows (yes, they do exist), they may not know what you
mean.
> > Folder is a windows term, directory is a computer term, it was used
under
> > DOS, it's used under Unix, and it can be used under Winblows.  Also,
there
> > are people in this World who will choose not to know what you mean, so
be
> > careful.  As for me, directory is better, it's nothing about longer
words
> > etc, it's just that I refuse to use a term invented by Bill Gates and
his
> > cronies, when there's a perfectly good one already.
> >
> > Cheers.
> >
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> >
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