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Post #74 by JDW
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryNetworking
Post DateWed, 9 Sep 2009 - 04:29
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/snow-leopard-and-classic-mac-os.18406/
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Apple felt like eliminating a perfectly useable file system which wasn't harming anybody.
Which causes one to recall what OpenStep developers did when they took over at Apple and released the OS X Beta: the Apple menu was gone and a new Finder (from OpenStep) came on the scene. However, due to a user outcry, a more traditional Mac OS Finder and something similar to the traditional Apple menu were restored in OS 10.0. (Even so, Apple never did put the Trash back where it belongs.)

Such a glorious turnabout unfortunately won't happen now with respect to the loss of AFP 2.x and full HFS disk support due to an insufficient number of us crying out about it, but the loss is nevertheless something to openly mourn. For truly AFP and HFS were not harming any users, but it so very clearly was harming the agenda (and "not invented here" mentality) of those who gave birth to OS X.