On Tue, Sep 14, 1999 at 01:49:41PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > So why /opt and not /usr/opt with the possibility of /usr/local/opt? Because unlike opt and local, there really isn't a difference between /opt and /usr/opt -- except that one's a standard. Why not replace /home with /users or make clocks run counterclockwise or redefine the meter? Same reason -- we need a standard, arbitrary or not. Mike Stone