That's the safest thing. Similarly on Linux too, AFAIK.
Though I've seen some R/W Linux NTFS drivers. Since there are half-a-dozen NTFS variations, and since MS hasn't published the full specification (again AFAIK), it's safest to have NTFS support be read-only.
There really should be a reasonably full-featured, safe, open file system that all of the major OSes support. NTFS would seem to be a natural choice, but we know how MS is...
It's a pain, but such is life.
Maybe in 10 years, when everything is networked, it won't matter any more for most users.
Cheers,
Scott.
