Re: WOOHOO! My IIgs is now networked to my W2K PC!!!!

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

william strutts (>) replied (to me >>):

>> On a PC, a file has whatever type _you_ say it has, whenever you
>> say it.
>>
>Not really true. It will try to interpret the file using the format you
>specify but if it is not really in that format, it won't read it. You can't
>say that a Lotus123 file is an Excel file and get away with it. In
>Windows, you can overide a file type in the Open command by
>showing all files but it is not guaranteed to open the file.

Of course I didn't mean that the types are converted, only that
the OS doesn't enforce any particular understanding of what kind
of data can be seen by what kind of app.  The app may not be
able to make sense of it, but I can use WordPad to open _anything_
and can usually figure out what it is and what to do with it.

I like the idea that filetype associations are just "suggestions" that
I can easily override without fiddling with the file itself.  I also like
that I can open a given filetype, say .jpg, with any of a dozen apps
that can understand it--not just it's "creator" app.

Put another way, I find the Mac too "helpful" for my taste.  I prefer
having more direct control over the interpretation of my files.

-michael

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