Prior Art submitted for (a) Common name space for long and short filenames http://www.post-issue.org/patent/12/prior_art/list An operating system provides a common name space for both long filenames and short filenames. In this common namespace, a long filename and a short filename are provided for each file. Each file has a short filename directory entry and may have at least one long filename directory entry associated with it. The number of long filename directory entries that are associated with a file depends on the number of characters in the long filename of the file. The long filename directory entries are configured to minimize compatibility problems with existing installed program bases. en-us UMSDOS HOW−TO (a) Common name space for long and short filenames Title: UMSDOS HOW−TO <br/>ISBN: <br/>Description: User manual for UMSDOS Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:00:39 +0000 http://www.post-issue.org/prior_art/104/detail German Federal Patent Court declares FAT patent of Microsoft null and void (a) Common name space for long and short filenames Title: German Federal Patent Court declares FAT patent of Microsoft null and void<br/>Description: Article describing how this patent was overturned in Germany in 2007. Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:58:43 +0000 http://www.post-issue.org/prior_art/103/detail Long Filename Specification (a) Common name space for long and short filenames Title: Long Filename Specification, Microsoft Corp.<br/>ISBN: <br/>Description: Article that was published at least 4 months before the first patent application, however this was considered by the examiner in the reexamination. Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:56:20 +0000 http://www.post-issue.org/prior_art/102/detail Internetting between VAX and Apollo ring network (a) Common name space for long and short filenames Title: Applications, Technologies, Architectures, and Protocols for Computer Communication archive Proceed<br/>ISBN: <br/>Description: Article that identified the problem of different operating systems having different filename limitations. Proposed a mapping solution for this problem. Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:53:43 +0000 http://www.post-issue.org/prior_art/101/detail A Fast File System for UNIX (a) Common name space for long and short filenames Title: ACM Transactions on Computer Systems Vol. 2, No. 3<br/>ISBN: <br/>Description: Article that anticipates long filenames, having multiple directory entries for a single file, and having directory access routines to provide a consistent interface to both old and new file systems. Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:50:30 +0000 http://www.post-issue.org/prior_art/100/detail