Windows vs. Linux

[bryanjugglercryptographer at yahoo.com]

Sybren Stuvel wrote:
> John Salerno enlightened us with:
> > But of course I still agree with you that in either case it's not a
> > judgment you can fairly make 30 years after the fact.
>
> I don't see Microsoft changing it the next 30 years either... Apple
> moved from \r to \n as EOL character. I'm sure the folks at mickeysoft
> are smart enough to change from \ to /.

They dis-allow '/' in filenames, and many Microsoft products now
respect
'/' as an alternate to '\'.

>From a WinXP command prompt:

    C:\>
    C:\>cd /windows/system32

    C:\WINDOWS\system32>


For a "Windows vs. Linux" thread, this one has been remarkably
rant-free.

-- 
--Bryan