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On Montag, 2. Juli 2007, Albert Hopkins wrote: |
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> On Mon, 2007-07-02 at 23:08 +0200, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: |
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> > that wasn't k3b - that is an limitation of iso9660. A limitation MS |
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> > forced |
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> > down our throats. |
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> I wouldn't be quick to blame Microsoft for iso9660. It was designed to |
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> be a one-size-fits-all standard so it would work on all (well, most) |
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> systems. |
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I don't blame MS for iso9660 - I blame MS for the name limitations ;) |
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> There is even a part in the standard for file versions as to |
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> work with VMS systems (I guess you could blame Digital for that one). |
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> OTOH there are plenty of non-standard, incompatible extensions to |
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> ISO9660 you can blame (Rock Ridge: Unix, Joliet: Microsoft, El Torito: |
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> IBM, Mac OS: Apple). |
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ElTorito something completly different.... |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Torito_(CD-ROM_standard) |
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