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MS Teams channels cannot contain MS-DOS device names

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Re: MS Teams channels cannot contain MS-DOS device names

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Post by OnlyMortal »

reaperducer wrote: post #75
lostlogin wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> the usual forbidden path and filename characters. It’s pretty irritating when files and folders on my Mac can’t be uploaded to Teams due to this limitation. It’s only forbidden for Windows users.

It’s only forbidden for Windows users. I think the only character that Macs don't allow is the colon. AFAIK, everything else is fair game, even emojis. I just created a project with "ê" in the title. I wonder if I'll be able to share that with my Windows coworkers on Teams.

“:”? Really? It’s not 2001 anymore.

Re: MS Teams channels cannot contain MS-DOS device names

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Post by SoftTalker »

eastbound wrote: post #43
thefz wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> essentially leaking the existence of something terrible inside It's just a restriction imposed on SharePoint folder names bubbling up. Nothing fancy.

Those should obviously be UUIDs. Labels and titles should be a simple changeable, internationalizable attribute. Like usernames. You don’t use usernames as primary keys for anything, do you? What happens when people marry?

> You don’t use usernames as primary keys for anything, do you?

HAHAHAHHHAAHAHA

Seen this so many times I literally laughed out loud.

Re: MS Teams channels cannot contain MS-DOS device names

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Post by dustymcp »

keepamovin wrote: post #35
mikestew wrote: post #30

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earliest days of MS-DOS when it ran on a 086 or 286, back in the early (very early) 90s. About a decade off: MS-DOS was running on 8086 in the early 80s.

Oh my god. Well i didn’t receive my first one until the 90s. And i grew up thinking i was middle class, my oh my.

depending on your country they might not have been availible before

Re: MS Teams channels cannot contain MS-DOS device names

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Post by reaperducer »

OnlyMortal wrote: post #81
reaperducer wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s only forbidden for Windows users. I think the only character that Macs don't allow is the colon. AFAIK, everything else is fair game, even emojis. I just created a project with "ê" in the title. I wonder if I'll be able to share that with my Windows coworkers on Teams.

“:”? Really? It’s not 2001 anymore.

I guess you're criticizing Microsoft's NTFS, since it cannot use colons, either.

CON:? Really? It's not 1974 anymore.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Re: MS Teams channels cannot contain MS-DOS device names

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Post by cynicalsecurity »

Ekaros wrote: post #26
mepian wrote: post #22

This is such a Microsoft thing to do. DOS compatibility will haunt us for the rest of this century at least.

Sometimes I wish we had fresh clean slate OS. Not the baggage of DOS or Unix... Something modern and sensible without insanity of either system.

The baggage of Unix is gold. The baggage of DOS is manure.

Re: MS Teams channels cannot contain MS-DOS device names

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Post by lostlogin »

reaperducer wrote: post #84
OnlyMortal wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

“:”? Really? It’s not 2001 anymore.

I guess you're criticizing Microsoft's NTFS, since it cannot use colons, either. CON:? Really? It's not 1974 anymore. People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

? No it is not 1974, but not everything is better.

Edit: argh, HN deleted the emoticon. Ironic.

Re: MS Teams channels cannot contain MS-DOS device names

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Post by marcosdumay »

Brian_K_White wrote: post #17

I was about to say "Which is essentially leaking the existence of something terrible inside. They should be embarrassed to say something like this in public. Like saying you can't have %s or $PS1. Why the hell not? What are you doing with this user-supplied input?" But maybe it's more about what everyone else might do with a channel name. Ie they might cut & paste it anywhere, and I guess windows users aren't expecte…

> I guess windows users aren't expected to escape their own strings

Eh... When did the users of any kind of system start to fit that expectation? And what is that utopia system?

Re: MS Teams channels cannot contain MS-DOS device names

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Post by Brian_K_White »

BasedAnon wrote: post #40
thefz wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> essentially leaking the existence of something terrible inside It's just a restriction imposed on SharePoint folder names bubbling up. Nothing fancy.

i was going to write a bunch of suggestions for solving the problem but then i remembered i hate microsoft

I at least upvoted. This is the most level headed and sane reaction to this article.

Re: MS Teams channels cannot contain MS-DOS device names

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Post by Ekaros »

cynicalsecurity wrote: post #85
Ekaros wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sometimes I wish we had fresh clean slate OS. Not the baggage of DOS or Unix... Something modern and sensible without insanity of either system.

The baggage of Unix is gold. The baggage of DOS is manure.

Like everything being text? Pictures? Structured data?
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