This feature has long outlived its usefulness, and should've been deprecated decades ago. Windows can run programs in "compatibility mode", so there is really n

This feature has long outlived its usefulness, and should've been deprecated decades ago. Windows can run programs in "compatibility mode", so there is really no reason to keep these special files around for most programs. Maybe run CMD.COM in compatibility mode by default, so that batch files still work like 40 years ago, but other than that there is no reason to have that feature/limitation imposed on the graphical file Explorer, or pretty much any other software. Not being able to use / in filenames under Linux is slightly different because the / has an actual legitimate widespread use with no real alternative.