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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Todd Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.publish, Dan Boger writes:
> > In lugnet.publish, Karim Nassar writes:
> > > <sarcasm>
> > > Isn't it great how Windows has *improved* personal computing??
> > > </sarcasm>
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> > I can't help it... what does this have to do with windows? ;)
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> MS made evil uppercase filenames popular. Inherited them from CP/M in 1981
> and didn't begin to get rid of them until 1995.
Actually, the EVIL part isn't uppercase filenames per-se, it's that WinDOwS
is case-insensitive about filenames, even to the absurd point of allowing
filenames in IIS-served URLs to be case-insensitive. There are few things
more evil.
--Todd
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| On Wed, 15 Mar 2000 20:11:54 GMT Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote concerning 'Re: Website': (...) oh - ok, I agree... having a case-insensitive platform, well, it just isn't good :) I thought the jab was at W2k or somesuch that finally does (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) MS made evil uppercase filenames popular. Inherited them from CP/M in 1981 and didn't begin to get rid of them until 1995. --Todd (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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