On: NTFS bug lets anyone hang or crash Windows 7 or 8....

[sixbrx]

Agree but these came from DOS days, and were just always brought along for compatibility. I think it could be argued that there's such a thing as too much attention to compatibility...

Edit: MOST of the no-no file names come from DOS, not this $MFT one which is NTFS related so must have come later!

[phkahler → sixbrx]

>> I think it could be argued that there's such a thing as too much attention to compatibility...

I'm convinced that most problems people face are rooted in the conflict between short and long term goals.

[peteri → sixbrx]

Well they really come from CP/M and PIP which sort of inherited from DEC OS/8 (certainly they're in the 1973 manual)