Comment by machomaster

Macs, Unix/Linux, Beos - they do not depend on extension alone to determine the type of the file.

Windows does. The file extension determines everything (and the icons can be easily faked) and not showing it is criminal.

This is like MS brings a real pistol to a kindergarten and don't want to put it in a holster. You are the one, who tries to shift the blame and is asking why others are not holsting their weapons. They are not doing it because they don't bring weapons at all, or if they bring, they are orange toy weapons.