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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. Re:Long file name stuff by tds67 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Ob-disclaimer: I've only skimmed the patents, and I'm not a lawyer. I'm probably wrong.

    You're not wrong for not being a lawyer--not being a lawyer is a good thing IMHO.