> From: "Matt Pobursky"

> > I can't believe MS actually got a patent based on long file names.
They
> > were implemented in *nix and Apple OS's long before MS ever
implemented
> > them.

From: "Bob Ammerman"

> M$'s long file name patents had to do with the tricky way they were
able to
> add LFNs to the old FAT file system in a backward compatible way.

Doesn't anyone else remember that M$ didn't even invent the LFN hack for
windows.  It was a seperate, add-on product to windows 3.x sold by a
third party.  Then like all good ideas from small competitors, it was
assimilated by the M$ "innovators".

michael

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