On Sat, 14 Apr 2007, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
"Frank Mitchell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Some folks rubbish the Joliet CD File System because Microsoft use
it. But can anybody identify an actual Monsieur Joliet who invented
it? Presumably he exists somewhere. Was he in fact a Microsoft
employee?
No, it's named for Joliet, Illinois. It originated in Windows 95
which was at the time codenamed Chicago.
DES
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Ha! Tres apropo. Illinois has a very old state prison in Joliet. We used
to swing by it for a look-see on the way to Chicago to buy bicycles and
pizza. It was scary to see; quite a deterrent.
r
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