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Re:Why Does Windows Really Use Backslash as Path Separator? by PhasmaFelis on Friday May 24, 2019 @04:43PM (#20005115)
I know we all love bagging on Microsoft, but insisting on backwards compatibility with the system you're directly replacing is not an unreasonable decision, especially since changing it could well have made DOS 1.1 scripts silently destroy data when run in DOS 2.0.
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Re:Why Does Windows Really Use Backslash as Path Separator? by mixmastamyk on Monday May 27, 2019 @02:46PM (#20024355)
That's what the lesson here is about, I believe. That a reasonable decision in the short-term can be unfortunate in the long-term.

Taking lumps for a few months when the userbase was miniscule compared to what it is today sounds more reasonable now.

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Re:Why Does Windows Really Use Backslash as Path Separator? by tssva on Friday May 24, 2019 @07:10PM (#20006079)
They were actually bagging on IBM which occurs less often but is probably equally loved.
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