micros~1

micros~1


   An abbreviation of the full name {Microsoft} resembling the rather
   {bogus} way Windows 9x's VFAT filesystem truncates long file names to
   fit in the MS-DOS 8+3 scheme (the real filename is stored elsewhere).
   If other files start with the same prefix, they'll be called micros~2
   and so on, causing lots of problems with backups and other routine
   system-administration problems. During the US Antitrust trial against
   Microsoft the names Micros~1 and Micros~2 were suggested for the two
   companies that would exist after a break-up.