diff --git a/readme.rst b/readme.rst index d113b61..69b72e6 100644 --- a/readme.rst +++ b/readme.rst @@ -735,6 +735,21 @@ For example, the Linux port of the `Unity engine`_ has `issues with case-sensiti http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=190747&cid=15690704 + The old DOS/Mac people thought case insensitivity was a "helpful" + idea, and that was understandable - but wrong - even back in the 80's. + They are still living with the end result of that horrendously bad + decision decades later. They've _tried_ to fix their bad decisions, + and have never been able to (except, apparently, in iOS where somebody + finally had a glimmer of a clue). + + --- Linux Torvalds (2018) + + https://patchwork.kernel.org/cover/10717177/ + + .. https://lists.openwall.net/linux-ext4/2018/12/08/16 + + .. https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-fsdevel/msg136876.html + .. [#MSDOS_case_insensitive] Do not assume case sensitivity. For example, consider the names OSCAR,