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   RE: [xml-dev] Handling very large instance docs

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Michael Kay wrote:

> > and with a 250Mb file that means 250,000 files,
>> which in itself
>> would be hard to manage effectively.
>
>At one time Windows NT used to blue-screen if you tried to put more than
>65,535 files in a directory. Perhaps they've fixed that by now, but I
>wouldn't bank on it.

I have never banked on Windows for anything.... ;-)
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