Describe the reason for not supporting symlinks in a NTFS shared folder when it's supported for a HFS+ shared folder
It is not a black and white question of not supporting a feature.
It is simply a question of prioritization of new features, existing fixes, performance improvements, and resources available to do the work.
Current resources == me!
That is the current level of resources for this feature (Fusion and Workstation and all the platforms that go with those), also I have to consider what our PMs tell us about the number of users and the most common environments too.
So some things would be nice to add for sure, but given the number of users who will benefit might actually mean that it a feature is given less of a priority than a feature which benefits all or significantly more of the community.
That is why I ask about use cases and people to come forward and evangelize these things.
Please be assured, this is a feature I would like to add, I just have to put it on the to do list at what seems like a sensible priority and I will get to it as soon as I can.
Thanks again for all your interest.
Steve