Strip incompatible characters from Windows partitions!

[Scott Kitterman]

On Fri, 16 May 2008 09:03:02 +0100 "Alan Milnes" <deep64blue at itguru.org.uk> 
wrote:
>On 16/05/2008, Markus Hitter <mah at jump-ing.de> wrote:
>
>>  Prohibiting feature X here because it's forbidden there isn't a good 
idea.
>
>It is in this case because of Ubuntu's target population and the fact
>the NTFS / FAT32 are not native Linux file formats. By all means allow
>advanced users to turn this feature off but by default you should not
>be allowed to create files which cause such a problem.
>

While NTFS is closely associated with Windows, FAT is a defacto standard 
for portable storage devices.  Making and kind of O/S assumptions about FAT 
is inherently incorrect.  For NTFS, I can almost see sense in this and 
wouldn't be opposed if there were some NTFS spec or standard to base such a 
design on.  I gather from another post in this thread that such a document 
does not really exist.

I feel that you are saying that because I don't also use Windows, I'm not 
in Ubuntu's target population.  I think this is completely wrong.  I think 
fixing Bug 1 is about getting people to stop using Windows, not about using 
Windows and Ubuntu.

I see value in easing transition for new users, but our target is an Ubuntu 
user, not an Ubuntu/Windows user.

Scott K