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On 30/07/13 14:12, Alex Legler wrote:
> I don't think you're using that right. You get to make statements 
> "for future reference" if you actually have authority to tell
> people what to do.
Relax. There's even a "please" in there.

> 'disk space' is a perfectly valid term even if you have fancy solid
>  state drives these days. It is an established term in technical 
> documentation that everyone understands even if you don't
> physically use a 'disk'.
It's *wrong*. In school we were even taught to avoid it. :-)

> Wikipedia lists 'disk space', not 'drive space' as do two English-*
>  dictionaries I checked. Why should we be coining 'drive space'?
"free space" or "space available" or similar may be better wordings,
though I am used to seeing "drive space".


however, if many people violently oppose such a change, that's fine
then. I would simply prefer a more correct term.
- -- 
Alexander
alexan...@plaimi.net
http://plaimi.net/~alexander
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