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

Richard Meyer meyerri at au1.ibm.com
Fri Dec 5 14:48:30 WST 2003





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>Richard Meyer noted that MS were licensing the FAT.

>Given that this isn't a troll, surely the FAT is by now well into the
>public domain?   After all it arose yonks ago and MS has taken no action
>until now.   So this IS a troll, right??   Either that, or a very smart
>(and belated?) move to force out file system compatibility.

No troll. See also http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/34348.html

They want $0.25 per per video cam, still cam, these USB thumb jobbies, and,
and ...

RichardM




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