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.