> Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 21:39:06 +0200 (MET DST)
> From: Sean Mattingly <matting@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [OM] [OT] URLS (was Re: Would somebody../Re: olympus docs
> question)
>
> " > (Compliant DOS/Windows web servers generally
> " > reject URL paths that contain upper-case letters, since their
> brain-dead " > file systems cannot distinguishe between upper case and
> lower case, and " > Internet standards require them to.) " " I didn't know
> this behavior was required by the RFCs, and I'm sorry it is. " Case
> sensitivity is the single greatest user interface botch ever "
> perpetrated. (No, not case preservation, which is a separate issue; the "
> Windows NT file system is case-preserving but not case-sensitive.)
>
> <rant>
>
> AIGH!!!!!! I usually hate making short replies with nearly zero
> (or maybe exactly zero, in this case) content, but I just couldn't
> let this pass.
>
> I LOVE CASE SENSITIVITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> Take my case sensitivity away and I'll go nuts.
>
> </rant>
>
> Thanks, I feel much better now. :)
> - --
> Sean Mattingly
You're too sensitive. Princess and the P.
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