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Microsoft FAT Licensing Plan - No Big Deal?

Posted by simoniker on from the slimming-look dept.

prostoalex writes "InternetNews.com describes the reaction to Microsoft's decision on FAT licensing. It doesn't look like the company is expecting to make any significant money out of licenses (there's also a cap of $250K, so none of the big guys will have to pay millions to Microsoft). It also doesn't look like Linux companies are stressed over this decision. "We are only accessing FAT32 file systems, not using them. This licensing program is of little interest to SuSE", a Novell/SuSE spokesperson said."

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  1. bait and switch by primus_sucks · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    This makes me wonder if they will do the old bait and switch for .net implementations - i.e. mono. Or Sun could do even do this for Java. I'm glad I'm starting to learn Python.

  2. In other news by mcc · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Microsoft's plan to instate heavy licensing fees on the use of the steam-powered butter churn, the Phalanx military formation, and the Barnes method for increasing the efficiency of telegraph lines seem to have had little effect as well.

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  3. RTFA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    RTFA

    1. Re:RTFA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      GFY. kthx bye

  4. Re:$250k caps - that's chump change by hdparm · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    $250,000 is chump change to Microsoft.

    Well, I guess this statement gives you an answer why MS, Bill Gates, Ballmer... have so much money and you, my friend, never will.

    I've stopped reading your post here but I think I also saw figure of $100 M in there. Does line containing this figure say what I thought it would?

  5. Re:$250k caps - that's chump change by Chira · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Bill Gates is the gate of Bill Clinton's poo hole. Windows=William Is Nuts, Dirty, Oppulent, and Wasteful, Suckah

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