Re: [syndication] RFC: myPublicFeeds.opml

["Dave Winer" <dave@userland.com>]

Jeremy, the question came up in the comments here:

http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/2003/10/13#a296

Dave

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeremy Zawodny" <jeremy@zawodny.com>
To: <syndication@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 1:48 AM
Subject: 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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