In article , "Peter"
says...
snip
I have a problem with the use of directory, referring to the file
structure on a computer. You see a directory is a list of things with
further attributes, i.e. a phone directory, or a office personal
directory etc. In computer speak a directory should refer to the list
of users/systems/etc in the organization/domain/etc... Microsoft have
there Active Directory and there's the equlivents in other OS's such as
LDAP.

In a filesystem directory the further attributes are creation and
modification date, size, owner, permissions.

What connection does a directory really have with a hiarchical filing
structure??

More than with the filing-cabinet/folder/file metaphor that Microsoft
wants us to use - how often do you find folders within folders within
folders in the real world? But then MS has always been a bit challenged
when it comes to designing useful file systems.

So MS is taking a good step at shifting the thinking to the term folder.

Yeah right.