File Suffix

[Richmond]

On 01/23/2011 09:17 AM, Paul Looney wrote:
> Cal,
> Another consideration:
> Three characters allows for approximately 17,576 combinations (26*26*26).
> Apple's App Store alone already has over 300,000 apps, and growing.
> Three characters might have been enough in 1970 but not today.
> Paul Looney

Well; one could expand the possibility for each 'letter' to the complete 
ASCII set:

255 * 255 * 255 = a socking great number.

>
> On Jan 22, 2011, at 8:08 PM, Ken Ray wrote:
>
>>> O.K. Ken, given that there are companies in our business that have 
>>> used more
>>> than a three char suffix. That still doesn't make it right.
>>
>> Sorry, Cal, I'm just not seeing the big deal with "greater than 3 
>> character"
>> file extensions... but maybe it's just me...
>>
>> Ken Ray
>> Sons of Thunder Software, Inc.
>> Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
>> Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/
>>
>>
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