Richard Morgan wrote:
> This has really cast a dark cloud over the Open Source community and shows how a
> company like Microsoft can stifle the marketplace by restricting the use of FAT
> (especially with such a widespread technology). I don't understand how
> Microsoft could possibly get a patent for something that has been used for the
> last 20 years by the whole computer industry. IANAL.
>
> I know that my digital camera and PDA uses FAT for the flash storage devices
> which I also use with Linux and I'm concerned with Microsoft using this patent
> to prevent this HUGE market from being used with Linux.
>
> Anyway, I downloaded ext2 drivers for my Windows machines last night...
>
>
I'm almost certain this patent was struck down. Do you have concrete
information otherwise?
Paul
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