[softwarelist] Re: Spark Reads File SparkFS Can't Open
- From: Mik Towse <mik.towse@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: davidpilling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2013 10:49:52 +0000
In article <mpro.mj6ujd005542n01r0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.invalid> Jeremy Nicoll
- zf freelists wrote:
> Mik Towse <mik.towse@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >I save my business invoices in a ZIP file...
> Taking a different tack to the other answers... why do you use a zip?
> What's the point these days? Disk space is cheap. And if you were just to
> store the invoices unzipped, you'd be able to use file-search utilities to
> search through them.
You make a good point, but almost 30 years of Acorn / RISC OS use instills
habits & principles that are difficult to shake. Even today I try to ensure
that my Excel spreadsheets, for example, are as small & efficient as
possible.
Also, being a single file, backing up was quicker 'back in the day'. ;)
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