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Hi, I'm Krzysztof and I make websites.
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Aug 28, 2011 / 4:23pm

Zombie Operating Systems and ASP.NET MVC - bitquabit

In 1973, an operating system called CP/M was born. CP/M had no directories, and filenames were limited to 8.3 format. To support input and output from user programs, the pseudofiles COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, LPT1, LPT2, CON, AUX, PRN, and NUL were provided.

Code archeology or the story of almost 40 year old legacy carried through generations of Microsoft products to ASP.NET.