Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030342AbVJETlR (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Oct 2005 15:41:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030343AbVJETlR (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Oct 2005 15:41:17 -0400 Received: from xproxy.gmail.com ([66.249.82.198]:64830 "EHLO xproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030342AbVJETlO (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Oct 2005 15:41:14 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=R0pq/qWyujD+xAtVzO+9u8tAFtM1q6jI5IdvS4uuVKzuiZY9dYzjdpL4kUGXxB/RO+IOjgm4PkwG8TznWtWjOVG/a5Qor3wk+BAUvSHlaPUkiVbjuPeyPO0mIBDMpcL/l2a+9AYiiqYt2e9Y4vD91jc/srFzMjuX6W79Up/UoQo= Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 15:37:27 -0400 From: Florin Malita To: Marc Perkel Cc: lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca, nix@esperi.org.uk, 7eggert@gmx.de, lkcl@lkcl.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: what's next for the linux kernel? Message-Id: <20051005153727.994c4709.fmalita@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4343E7AC.6000607@perkel.com> References: <4TiWy-4HQ-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <4U0XH-3Gp-39@gated-at.bofh.it> <87k6gsjalu.fsf@amaterasu.srvr.nix> <4343E611.1000901@perkel.com> <20051005144441.GC8011@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> <4343E7AC.6000607@perkel.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.1.2 (GTK+ 2.4.13; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 728 Lines: 17 On Wed, 05 Oct 2005 07:48:12 -0700 Marc Perkel wrote: > What is incredibly idiotic is a file system that allws you to delete > files that you have no write access to. That is stupid beyond belief and > only the Unix community doesn't get it. It stops being idiotic as soon as you realize that _deleting_ a file doesn't involve _writing_ to it in any way. It's not about UNIX, it's about common sense - try thinking outside of the Netware box for a sec ;) Florin - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/