This semester, I’m taking a class which is called “Management of Very Large Data Volumes”. The textbook, for some weird, weird reason talks a fair amount about MS-DOS. Apart from the fact that it’s about ten years old, so all the numbers are really wrong, the book is bearable.
However, once in a while, I come across sections which I wonder if are there just to make me cry (the textbook is in Norwegian, so any translation errors are mine):
MSDOS’ file system is a bit too simple. Among other things, the security is not cared for well enough. The directory ought to show who has created or owns the file as well as the time the file was created and when it was last changed. With regards to security and rights, a minimum requirement is the file should have an associated password. In fact, it ought to be one password for writing and perhaps another password for deletion and extending the file.