Norton Utilities vs. "the way things are"
Daniel A. Graifer
dag at fciva.FRANKCAP.COM
Wed Feb 20 05:39:05 AEST 1991
In article <465 at bria> uunet!bria!mike writes:
>[quotation deleted]
>I thought I made myself rather clear on this point. My objection is
>the fact that NU implements undeletion in the kernel by "patching"
>(read: molesting) it.
>
>I stated that I would like to see kernel support for file undeletion.
>When I say kernel support, I mean as being a fundamental part of the
>filesystem code, not a hack applied from the outside. I certainly did
>_NOT_ state that I would like to see a bunch of migrant workers from
>the DOS world fingering my operating system.
>[...]
>Cheers,
>--
>Michael Stefanik, MGI Inc., Los Angeles| Opinions stated are not even my own.
>Title of the week: Systems Engineer | UUCP: ...!uunet!bria!mike
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Remember folks: If you can't flame MS-DOS, then what _can_ you flame?
Excuse me, but I think I sense some unwarrented assumptions
here. I was under the impression that NU 'patched' the kernal
by providing a replacement '.o' and '.a' files. I've seen
nothing in the recent discussion here to contradict this. How
else would you provide an OS level enhancement? Also, I
thought I heard that Norton either hired a new team, or
subcontracted the Unix version to somebody who HAD unix
expertise. The Norton label may imply marketing, QA, and
support only.
As I see it, the standard unix filesystem divides the
filesystem into two pieces: Allocated & Free. NU divides
it into Allocated and May-Be-Reallocated, and provides a
smart mechanism for determining the order of reuse. Free
Space is still the amount of space in the later category.
Besides: Relax! Nobody is asking YOU to buy it!
Dan
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