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Re: [syndication] RFC: myPublicFeeds.opml



On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 06:35:25PM -0400, Dave Winer wrote:
>
> It's been recommended that the file name be 8.3, meaning eight
> characters in the name, followed by a three-character extension on
> the theory that this would increase the number of places it could be
> deployed.

Really?  Are there web servers that can't handle larger filenames?
It's been so long since I've had to think about that problem that I
assumed we were well past it.

Did the unnamed suggestors happen to name a piece of software that's
afflicted by this disease?  I'm not saying they're lying.  I'm just a
bit surprised and skeptical.

Jeremy
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