[comp.sys.amiga] Relabel of RAM:

wilts@cavax.ab.ca (Ed Wilts) (08/26/89)

>Well, I read three responses to my request to change "RAM DISK:" to either
>"RAM_DISK:" or back to "RAM:"; I liked best the one that started "I agree
>with Kent completely" of course. ;-)
>
>Never the less, Andy and other CATS types, this is a bug, not a feature,
>since it is guaranteed to cause grief to old software, and to new users,
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>and most of all (I'm shouting here, listen up ;-) IT WASN'T NECESSARY!

Commodore has always supplied excellent technical support as to good
programming practises and what will cause software to break in a future
release.  Although I agree with that it wasn't necessary (no software EVER
is), It is certainly NOT guarantted to cause grief to properly written
software.  Since 1.0, volume labels (and file names) have allowed embedded
blanks.  Because you purchased a piece of software that did not properly
support AmigaDos file specifications does not give you the right to flame
Commodore.  Instead, direct your complaints against the software developers
for not properly supporting the file system.

       .../Ed          (EWilts%Janus.MtRoyal.AB.CA@UncaNet.Bitnet)
Ed Wilts
Sr. Systems Analyst, Canadian Occidental Petroleum Ltd.
Calgary, Alberta, Canada                (403) 234-1007