root@chaos.analogic.com wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Feb 2002, Adam wrote:
>
>>All devices will be arranged according to type. There will be a folder
>>
> ^^^^^
>
>>Method 2:
>>Folders are created for each bus then devices are placed within them.
>>
> ^^^^^^^
>
>
>>member of a pci bus, it's folder will be within the pci folder. The
>>
> ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^
>
> What is this? Do you mean "directory" or "file", or even "inode"?
>
> Or is this a troll from Microsoft? We don't have such things in
> real operating systems. Next thing you know, we'll need a "cabinet"
> to keep the "folders" in.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Dick Johnson
>
> Penguin : Linux version 2.4.1 on an i686 machine (797.90 BogoMips).
>
> 111,111,111 * 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
>
>
You're absolutely right. What I meant to say is a directory. It's
simply a bad habit. In fact, one, of several, reason I became
interested in the Linux kernel project is that I was unhappy with the
Micro$oft licensing policy. The term folder is used by micro$oft simply
to make it's OS sound more user friendly.
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