Charles Gaefke wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

RJ> Why would you want to do that,  anyway?

 CG>     I'd think it has to do with a misconception that 
 CG> consolidated directories take up less space.

Don't they?

 CG>     The average person still doesn't comprehend that just
 CG> because your hard drive is loaded with stuff doesn't mean it's 
 CG> slowing your system down. 

"Loaded with stuff" is a good way to put it.  It was one thing when running
dos,  but anything more recent seems to think nothing of tossing literally
thousands of files all over the place...

The ones that get me in the OS/2 setup are where there's two or three
directories in depth,  and only one file (if that!) at the bottom of the whole 
thing.  I can't see why this is necessary or desirable.

--- 
278/111
2433/225