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Originally Posted by jswinden
I think we get that, but it is not the point of that whole set of comments. Someone claimed that many early DOS PC users didn't understand the concept of directories/folders. GoSharks was meerly showing how a natural office metaphor was adapted for PCs, the idea of storing you office files within filing cabinets.
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Natural or not many people found it confusing. And there were far few PC users anyway. The idea that we should be using folders because they've been around for a long time is based on a selective view of the past.