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micros~1
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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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An abbreviation of the full name Microsoft resembling the rather bogus way
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Windows 9x's VFAT filesystem truncates long file names to fit in the MS-DOS
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8+3 scheme (the real filename is stored elsewhere). If other files start
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with the same prefix, they'll be called micros~2 and so on, causing lots of
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problems with backups and other routine system-administration problems.
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During the US Antitrust trial against Microsoft the names Micros~1 and
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Micros~2 were suggested for the two companies that would exist after a
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break-up.
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