Quote Originally Posted by fuego4x2
IMO, it still is bug. A widely used OS with billions of dollars in revenue should be able to distinguish a file name or folder name from a loaded device driver.
No, it's not! It's hard to explain, but there are certain reserved words in DOS that can't be used as filenames. Con is one of them.

On the contrary, it's the OS that specifically restricts you from using those names, it's not that it can't tell a file from a device driver.