When MSFT does not respect their own protocol.

According to this : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909264

NetBIOS computer names cannot contain the following characters:

• backslash (\)
• slash mark (/)
• colon (:)
• asterisk (*)
• question mark (?)
• quotation mark (")
• less than sign (<)
• greater than sign (>)
• vertical bar (|)

Let see how MSFT implemented their own protocol in their in house tools:

Ok great...

What about the rest ?

Alright. Let's see:

MSFT Rule #78: Do what I say, not what I do.

*Update:

Net view example: