Subject: Re: trivial patch for bz2abw plugin
From: Mike Nordell (tamlin@algonet.se)
Date: Sat Feb 02 2002 - 19:05:46 CST
Alan Horkan wrote:
>
> We could have the extension .abiword but we dont.
> You never know someone might actually try porting Abiword to 16bit (and
> maybe the rest of Abi Office Suite la la la)
That'd be the day! :-)
> but seriously
> Are there downsides to using a 3 letter suffix in this case?
Yes. The monopoly M$ don't give a crap about already used 3-letter
extension, and not too unfrequently they "reuse" extensions that has been in
use for decades by other programs. This has a real impact. Let me know if
you need a few examples.
With that in mind, I can't for my life see that they'd ever care about an
extension already used in a free software (in M$ wordbook that's "communism"
I believe) wordprocessor.
> if you want i could try and find out the necessary window registry
> settings to hide the extension from "the general public".
Please don't. :-)
/Mike
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