Benefits

   The deep directories and extended file names supported by
   Extended File Specifications provide the following benefits:

   o  OpenVMS system managers can manage files with extended names
      and deep directories in the same manner as Windows NT users.

   o  Users of Advanced Server for OpenVMS 7.2 (formerly known as
      PATHWORKS for OpenVMS) have the ability to store longer file
      names and use deeper directory structures, which are more
      compatible with Windows 95 and Windows NT file names.

   o  Applications developers who are porting applications from
      other environments that have support for deep directories can
      use a parallel structure on OpenVMS.

   o  Longer file naming capabilities and Unicode support enables
      OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.2 and later to act as a DCOM server
      for Windows NT clients, and ODS-5 provides capabilites that
      make the OpenVMS and Windows NT environment more homogeneous
      for DCOM developers.

   o  JAVA applications on OpenVMS will comply with JAVA object
      naming standards.

   o  General OpenVMS users can make use of long file names, new
      character support, and the ability to have lowercase and
      mixed-case file names.