On 10 May 2008, at 07:07, Michael Schmarck wrote:
>>
>> So. We can use the same web pages, read the same email, why not share
>> hardware?
>
> Because it doesn't make sense, to share the same filesystem for
> backing up Windows and Linux?

You keep saying this like it's obvious, but don't provide any good
reason for it.

There's no reason why I shouldn't have a singe external drive
containing three directories: "My Mac", "Ann's Linux Box", "Bee's
Windows PC".

I can only assume that you find it inelegant to store files on a
filesystem which will not handle their metadata - ownership, group,
permissions in the case of Linux, or the more sophisticated ACLs used
by Windows XP Pro & 2003.

Just because YOU find it inelegant, doesn't mean that anyone else
cares. A file is a file, and when recovering from backups most of us
can drag & drop "My Photos" to the new filesystem and then take
ownership of the files.

Stroller.

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