Space in Workroup name in Windows?

We recently added an Xserve to our network where we had long had our Windows workgroup set as "Automatic Duck", but Server Admin won't let me add the space to the Workgroup name so I can only enter "AutomaticDuck".
I assume that spaces aren't a good idea and while Directory Access in Mac OS X client allows it, OS X Server is more strict?
Should I move the rest of the network to the non-space version of the workgroup name?

Waaaaay back in the days of Windows NT Server 4.0, I had tons of problems installing servers into sites where the clients had a bunch of Windows computers networked together without a server. These hodgepodge networks almost always had workgroup names with spaces.
I would usually spend a large amount of time going to every users station, fixing the workgroup names, so that I could add the server to the workgroup before upgrading it to a Primary Domain Controller.
NT Servers would never allow a space in a workgroup or Domain name, all the way back to NT 3.51.
Your problem stems from the original SMB specifications, which disallow spaces.
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