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Old 09-08-2013, 01:28 PM   #168
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Originally Posted by jswinden View Post
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.
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.
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