[NTLUG:Discuss] Abandoning FAT for ? ext2 ?

George Lass George.Lass at osc.com
Thu Dec 4 09:02:52 CST 2003


Its enough to make you cry.  So would someone please
pass me a kleenex (or should I say facial tissue)

George

Richard Geoffrion wrote:
> 
> -----
> From:
> http://slashdot.org/articles/03/12/04/1318212.shtml?tid=109&tid=155&tid=187&
> tid=99
> Microsoft to Charge for FAT File System
> "According to Microsoft, the Redmond company is going to charge a license
> fee for any product that is formatted in FAT by the manufacturer. Any
> manufacturer of compact flash memory cards or digital cameras may end up
> paying Microsoft as much as $250,000 for the use of the file format. The FAT
> File System is covered by several US patents." (see
> http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/ip/tech/fat.asp )
> 
> See also: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/34348.html
> ------
> 
> So..can the FAT file system be easily removed from Linux?  Doesn't Caldera
> own DRDOS? Isn't that FAT?  What about FREEDOS? Isn't that FAT?  How can FAT
> not be in the public domain?
> 
> So, push come to shove...do we remove FAT from Linux?   Is there an ext2
> port to win32?
> 
> This is just plain maddning!!  There should be a law that says something
> like "if you don't stick up for your IP rights..then you've given them up!"
> You know..kinda like logos.  If you don't protect your logo, then it no
> longer counts as your logo...that kind of thing.
> 
> --
> Richard
> 
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