XPost: alt.os.linux, comp.sys.amiga.advocacy   
   From: do.not.bother.me@spammer.net   
      
   Την/On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 19:46:25 -0000,ο(η) Roy Cohnhead   
    έγραψε/wrote:   
      
   > Lew Pitcher  wrote in   
   > news:rCMwb.6996$Eq1.838168@news20.bellglobal.com:   
   >   
   >> Ivan Marsh wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 23:44:22 +0000, Support the War on Freedom wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>> I like the BeOS demo of downloading a file, and saving it with an   
   >>>> incorrect extension, moving the target file as it downloads, etc.   
   >>>> BeOS always knows how to open every file, correctly named or not.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Don't try that with Windows, of course. Linux is a bit rigid in this   
   >>>> regard as well.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Why in the hell would you want your OS to do that?   
   >   
   >   
   > Why would I want some intelligence in my operating system?   
   >   
      
   Moreover it's one of the most powerful features that MacOS always had   
   (where BeOS got it from IIRC too)...   
   And the answer to your question (although it is ironic... I am not THAT   
   naïve ;-)  is that if you don't want an intelligent system... then go   
   ahead and use Windows :-) (Although for some of us Windows is the only   
   possibility as it is forced by regs. (ie my Uni) upon us... :-(   
      
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