XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com   
      
   On 02.02.2025 15:50, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   > On 2025-02-02 15:24, Janis Papanagnou wrote:   
   >> On 01.02.2025 17:29, Kenny McCormack wrote:   
   >>> In article ,   
   >>> Janis Papanagnou   wrote:   
   >>> ...   
   >>>> (I probably shouldn't engage in this thread - and not only because it   
   >>>> got aggressive recently - because it seems (partly?) a Windows issue,   
   >>>> given the mention of 'C:', 'D:' and such crap later in this thread;   
   >>>> but I'm curious...)   
   >>>   
   >>> Calling drive letters "crap" isn't "aggressive" ?   
   >>   
   >> I wouldn't think so, but maybe we have a different view on that. What I   
   >> meant and was addressing was the _ad hominem_ aggressivity. (It wouldn't   
   >> have occurred to me that calling a technical mis-design "crap" would be   
   >> considered aggressive.)   
      
   That is understandable. - Though the guy who invented the "device   
   letters" concept (40+ years ago!) probably doesn't mind (anymore)   
   even if he'd take that (unjustified) as _personal_ offense, which   
   it obviously isn't.   
      
   >   
   > Some people do. I was called to attention and maybe banned from a Linux   
   > forum for such an opinion. I assume because developers and packagers are   
   > part of the community, and calling a software crap is insulting the   
   > developer who might be reading and is working gratis.   
      
   Valuing a complete software package is again another thing. (Yet,   
   still not a personal thing.)   
      
   >> [...]   
   >   
   > Android is *nix based, yes, but uses an MsDOS filesystem (FAT).   
      
   Yes, I know. For some reasons inferiors concepts are invented and   
   they also don't die once they've got widely spread.   
      
   Janis   
      
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