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Subject: Re: [MiNT] XaAES
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Quoting Helmut Karlowski <helmut.karlowski@ish.de>:

> Am 19.08.2009, 21:45 Uhr, schrieb Peter Slegg <p.slegg@scubadivers.co.uk>:
>
>> sensitive sort of ls is a complete pita. I have always viewed it
>> as a bug that no-one bothered to fix. I really do hope it was
>
> Maybe, but then its now not a bug but a feature :) This is similar in 
>  natural languages: By misspelling or misusing something repeatedly 
> the  faulty use becomes part of the language sometimes. Take the word 
> handy: We  use this as name for mobile-phones in Germany ...
>
> But you are 1/3 of all voters, so this is raher significant, and the  
> inseneitive listing will probably appear again.
>
> -Helmut

ls in Ubuntu Linux isn't case-sensitive either. Can we count the
few million Ubuntu users ?

;-)

It looks like Sparemint ls is out of date.

Peter