Name: Anonymous 2011-08-24 6:05
Your holy little OSX now is no better than crappy GNU/Unix-box. Forget innovativity or good design, and be ready to KISS WORSE IS BETTER's ass right in the hole:
>The deprecation of type codes (and creator codes) over the older extension system, popularised by PDP-11 systems (RT-11, RSX-11, etc.), CP/M, and most recently by Microsoft's MS-DOS, has been very controversial with Mac users. The type and creator system is considerably richer and more sophisticated than that provided by extensions, and many users felt that adopting DOS conventions is a backward step. They claim that type and creator information rightfully belongs to the metadata associated with a file, and is therefore illogically placed within the file's name, where its presence can cause problems for the user. Apple defends the decision by saying that extensions have become the de facto standard for indicating file type, and they need to work seamlessly with the rest of the industry.
>The deprecation of type codes (and creator codes) over the older extension system, popularised by PDP-11 systems (RT-11, RSX-11, etc.), CP/M, and most recently by Microsoft's MS-DOS, has been very controversial with Mac users. The type and creator system is considerably richer and more sophisticated than that provided by extensions, and many users felt that adopting DOS conventions is a backward step. They claim that type and creator information rightfully belongs to the metadata associated with a file, and is therefore illogically placed within the file's name, where its presence can cause problems for the user. Apple defends the decision by saying that extensions have become the de facto standard for indicating file type, and they need to work seamlessly with the rest of the industry.