Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???

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From: David Sze
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 1996 00:45

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In article <4ceq75$pbq@meaddata.lexis-nexis.com>,

>Extensions have to be rewritten.  Every thing else is supposed to
>work.  If you want an application to survive a crash, you have to get
>an "upgraded for Copland" application.  In Win'95,  if you want to use
>long file names, you have to upgrade _all_ your applications, or the
>long file names get trashed by the old programs.

Sorry, you're wrong, long file names do not get trashed by old apps. They only 
see the 8.3 filename, and they are not trashed when written to disk. Win95 
preserves the whole name in the background. New LFN compliant apps see the 
whole thing.

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Subject: Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 96 00:45:11 GMT
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