Simple substitution question

Hi,

I just experienced some unexpected behaviour with a simple substitution
command and wonder if somebody could explain this to me.

Example text lines to be selected for my question:
o.......Open files, directories and bookmarks....................
go......Open selected file, but leave cursor in the NERDTree.....
t.......Open selected node/bookmark in a new tab.................
T.......Same as 't' but keep the focus on the current tab........
i.......Open selected file in a split window.....................
gi......Same as i, but leave the cursor on the NERDTree..........
s.......Open selected file in a new vsplit.......................

I know that
:'<,'>s/\.\+$//
would remove all trailing dots.

But why does
:'<,'>s/\./ /g
only change the first set of '.' of every line and not the trailing '.'?

I can't find any reason why this does not do the job
(: albeit a silly job, but that's irrelevant :)

I am using MacVim 7.3 (patches: 1-390, snapshot 64) dd 02/01/20112
by Bjorn Winckler (thanks Bjorn).

With kind regards,

Guido

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