-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 John Hasler <jhas...@debian.org> writes:
> The "desktop and paper" metaphor was popularized by Apple in the 1980s > on the assumption that office workers would be frightened by such > "computer jargon" as "directory" but could be made comfortable by > lifting terminology from their familiar work environment. Thus > directories were called "folders" in analogy to the familiar file folder > and files "documents" in analogy to the papers contained in "folders". > In some implementations disk drives were "filing cabinets". > > It was all quite unnecessary, of course, and just causes confusion. :-) Did not know it too. Sorry, only 19. 'Night. - -- Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.8 <http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/> iEYEARECAAYFAksz5/sACgkQM0LLzLt8MhzzwACfTB+ISVLG3FBOaybkn8g/J3Nq uQQAn0XZ5UUbsy2zTBAgSamWNbrQwaO9 =GJB2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org