I don't really see these piles of kludges, honestly. Windows and OS X do it without much fanfare (which is great, consistency between the two major desktop OSes

I don't really see these piles of kludges, honestly. Windows and OS X do it without much fanfare (which is great, consistency between the two major desktop OSes), and it works as users expect. Now, if we take the example in this thread (INSTALL and install), WHY ON EARTH did the programmer think it was a great idea to do name files like that? Sure, INSTALL for a readme is a tradition in free/*nix software, but then s/he could rename the other file. It seems to me that what really affects users are these nonsensical decisions taken without ease of use and ergonomics in mind. In 99.9% of cases (no pun intended), case sensitivity is useless and needlessly confusing, which is why you don't use variables named buffer and Buffer in the same scope (I hope), even if you can. > And the kind of thing Apple itself decided it was not worth it. Well, I'm still using a Mac because I think the whole experienced is way more polished and consistent than any other Unix, or Windows. And I'm sure many here agree.