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Warren W. Gay VE3WWG wrote:
 > But then, I've always hated file names that had bad
 > things like blanks in them anyway.

I think the biggest favor that Bill Gates ever did for
UNIX is to decide that programs should be installed in
a directory named "Program Files". UNIX had always
allowed blanks in filenames, but most programs failed
to handle them properly. Bill forced them to clean up
their act if they wanted to be portable.