[Info-vax] RMS intro

[Dave Froble]

On 12/31/2023 9:52 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 12/31/2023 9:40 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>> On Sun, 31 Dec 2023 21:36:33 -0500, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>> On 12/31/2023 9:05 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 31 Dec 2023 19:38:00 -0500, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>>> On 12/31/2023 4:50 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>>>> Along with those 8-bit-era single-letter drive names, for some
>>>>>> reason.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Microsoft: “26 drive letters ought to be enough for anybody!”
>>>>>
>>>>> You can mount disks without using drive letters with NTFS.
>>>>
>>>> As I recall from reading docs, that doesn’t work with network shares or
>>>> hot-pluggable storage. Or this thing called “storage spaces”.
>>>
>>> You don't need it for a network share - those can just be accessed
>>> directly via UNC.
>>
>> So how do you select from available UNC shares in an application’s file
>> picker?
>>
>>> (it is said that one can make a symlink to UNC if one want to)
>>
>> Windows symlinks have their own share of problems.
>
> If one is a Windows user that:
> * need more than 26 drives
> * need to use a file picker to choose network drives
> * don't like to create symlinks
> then one has a problem.
>
> But my guess is that you can invite everyone in the world matching
> that criteria to coffee in your dining room.

Even  if your dining room is a phone booth ...

Does such even exist anymore?

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