Re: Windows Media Player executes WMF content in .MP3 files.

From: Rahul Dhesi (c.c.eiftj@01.usenet.us.com)
Date: 03/03/02 

From: c.c.eiftj@01.usenet.us.com (Rahul Dhesi)
Date: 3 Mar 2002 18:40:06 GMT

alun@texis.com (Alun Jones) writes:

>>But still, for the sake of argument, let's assume your statement,
>>however ambiguous, is true. But this not mean that the following is
>>untrue:
>>
>> "Microsoft always uses the filename (the extension part, at least), and
>> never a magic number, or any other part of the content."

>You make it seem as if those were my exact words....

Sorry, a typo on my part. Instead of 'untrue' above it should say
'true'. So the whole thing becomes as follows

But still, for the sake of argument, let's assume your statement,
however ambiguous, is true. But this not mean that the following is
true:

  "Microsoft always uses the filename (the extension part, at least), and
   never a magic number, or any other part of the content."

What I am saying is that Microsoft SHOULD use a consistent scheme for
deciding how to show/process/handle a file but Micosoft does not. The
program you call "Explorer" is somewhat consistent, but Microsoft is
not. My complaint is against Microsoft, not specifically against the
program you call "Explorer". Microsoft handles file types in hopelessly
unpredictable and inconsistent ways, leading to many surprises and some
computer system intrusions. 

-- 
Rahul

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