Long filenames
  255 characters.  
  Short filename alias also supported.
    Created by hashing long filename.
    If several names start with the same 1st 6 characters,
      Hash may generate a very strange filename with lots of digits.

Advantage
  Much more efficient that FAT32 for large systems.

Disadvantage
  Currently, may not be readable by other OSes. 

  Writing even less likely.

  * NTFS-3G is an open platform utility that will allow reading and writing.

    Supports multiple platforms including 
      Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, OpenSolaris

    Some variants (MacOS X) may not be free.
    (as in speach but may be free as in beer, non-GNU).

    Supports read/write, compresssion, ACL and permission modification,
      but NOT encryption (2012)