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Re: Magic Numbers to identify filetypes
- To: Jo Even Skarstein <joska@nuts.edu>
- Subject: Re: Magic Numbers to identify filetypes
- From: Konrad Kokoszkiewicz <draco@mi.com.pl>
- Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 17:36:53 +0200 (CEST)
- Cc: MiNT mailing list <mint@atari.archive.umich.edu>
- In-reply-to: <Pine.MNT.3.96-MiNT.980528142118.186G-100000@bluto>
> I don't like this idea very much. This "*I* decide which program *I*
> want to load, and there's not one damn thing you can do about
> it"-attitude is one of the reasons I don't like Windows and MacOS. The
> current solution (manually configure the desktop) requires slightly
> more work in the first place, but it has many advantages over your
> suggestion:
>
> 1. It works with all applications.
> 2. You have full control over all your apps and files.
> 3. No install-program can mess up your perfect setup.
Exactly. That's why we like GEM, isn't that?
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Konrad M.Kokoszkiewicz
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