[plug] M$ to patent FAT and charge for it

[Kai Jones]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-admin at plug.linux.org.au
> [mailto:plug-admin at plug.linux.org.au]On Behalf Of Onno Benschop
> Sent: Friday, 5 December 2003 12:57 PM
> To: PLUG
> Subject: RE: [plug] M$ to patent FAT and charge for it
>
>
> On Fri, 2003-12-05 at 15:46, Kai Jones wrote:
> > ~sigh~
> > What next ? :S
>
> Why are you surprised? MS has been doing this for a *long* time. Give
> away a product for free, make people dependent on it, discontinue the
> product and put a charged one in its place.

I'm not surprised, I see it as another way for them to extract money from a
product that's been on the market for aaaaaaages.
They started with audits of schools and all that kinda thing, now they're
going over their products to see which one's they can make an extra buck
from...billions of dollars will never be enough for those guys !