Re: Oaf names & file structure

[Jody Goldberg <jgoldberg home com>]

On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 06:38:33PM -0800, Mathieu Lacage wrote:
> Jody Goldberg <jgoldberg home com> writes:
> > someone installs a new copy of Office 13.25k which just happens to
> > diddle the mime database on one machine in the compute farm.
> > Tracking the miscalculation would take weeks.
> 
> Well, I dunno but I cannot think of any other solution but to make users
> think when they choose their default component in the mime capplet.

rule #3 : newer under estimate the power of human stupidity.
 
> I am sorry to be so stubborn but I really am sad to see the whole purpose
> of OAF go away because ppl use IIDs in their requests...

This is an overstatement.  A query based approach is appropriate in
many cases, but not in all.  The example I gave was one such.