This isn't entirely true.  If you move a Macintosh file with a resource
fork to another NTFS volume, the resource fork (and Finder information)
will travel with it -- on NTFS, all the forks are in one file (very much
like on the Mac).  If, however, the PC guys move it to a FAT volume, then
the resource fork and Finder information will be lost.

> The interesting thing about this whole discussion is that
> AFS on NT Server does nothing to handle the situation
> of a PC moving a Mac file that has a resource fork.
> 
> I remember a couple of years ago, when we were using System 7 
> sounds for a bunch of content development, the creative guys 
> would come to  me saying their sound files were suddenly of 
> size 0 bytes.
> 
> Turns out the Mac guys would put the files on the server,
> then one of the creative types working on a PC would move
> them to a different drive or just move them around and poof,
> gone was the resource fork - THE important part of a System 7
> sound file.
> 
> We pretty much trained the Mac side not to put anything with
> a resource fork onto the NT server, except for a volume set
> up exclusively for that purpose.  And the PC people were prevented
> from moving things found in that "Mac Only" folder.
> 
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