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Microsoft to Charge for FAT File System

Posted by michael on from the ext3 dept.

pario writes "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."

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  1. The future? by TheSpoom · · Score: 5, Funny

    Litigation: The Business Model of the Future!(TM)

    (Disclaimer: The above statement is the intellectual property of Uberm00 Corp. and may not be used without prior written permission.)

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  2. Re:FAT Chance! by twoslice · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wasn't trying to be funny, I was serious. It is however funny that you thought, that I thought, that it was funny....

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  3. Re:Something must have been updated... by tomstdenis · · Score: 5, Funny

    yeah they added "over the internet" somewhere.

    Tom

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