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| DATE | 2003-12-06 |
| FROM | Mike Richardson - NYLXS PRESIDENT
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [hangout] part3 Re: [DMCA_Discuss] Microsoft to start charging for FAT format
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On Sat, 6 Dec 2003, Andy Green wrote:
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> On Friday 05 December 2003 06:03, Jon O. wrote:
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> > Phil: Surely flash memory manufacturers can get around this by simply not
> > pre-formatting cards?
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> Maybe, but the camera people will have to be able to format the cards with a
> filesystem. Its possible that the camera people could require the user to
> format their cards on their PC, this would be an inconvenience to the user
> caused solely by trying to avoid this IP tax.
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> > Today, the FAT File system has become the ubiquitous format used for
> > interchange of media between computers, and, since the advent of
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> In fact FAT is only common because of the Microsoft Windows OS monopoly - your
> storage devices needs to talk FAT if it is to readily interoperate with all
> versions of Windows. This licensing shakedown is just another way for MSFT
> to charge at the turnstiles for using Windows.
>
> > Microsoft offers a commercially reasonable, nonexclusive license so that
> > other companies can use the FAT file system in their own products.
>
> Linux includes FAT support, including the ability to format devices to FAT.
> (This is not Linux's preferred format though, which is called ext2 and ext3).
> I don't know whether the licenses not addressing that shows MSFT are not
> wanting to attack Linux, or leaving the door open for a patent-based attack -
> possibly a broadside of all the stupid stuff the USPO has let them get away
> with :-(
>
> - -Andy
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