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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. Merry Christmas by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Merry christmas to all.

    1. Re:Merry Christmas by Sivaram_Velauthapill · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Christmas Troll,

      You are pretty slow with your messages...

      Sincerely,

      The Enemy of Trolls

      --
      Sivaram Velauthapillai
      Seeking the meaning of life... @slashdot of all places ;)
  2. Third Post by Sivaram_Velauthapill · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Third Post

    Merry Christmas to all...

    Sivaram Velauthapillai

    --
    Sivaram Velauthapillai
    Seeking the meaning of life... @slashdot of all places ;)
  3. A Slashdot article about Microsoft overreacting by smaug195 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Say it ain't so!!!

  4. More Importantly... by FunkDaddy · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    MERRY XMAS!!!!

  5. How was this flamebait? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I don't see how 'Merry Christmas' is going to spawn a flame war, are we so PC that we can't say the C word?

  6. Re:...Patent Issue by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Oh, and Merry Christmas!

  7. Re:Forgive the OT.. by Chatmag · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    A friend* of mine dated a geek girl.

    He asked her home to show her his "hard drive" and she left disappointed. All she got to see was a 3.5" floppy.

    *name deleted to protect the embarrassed

    --
    Pete Carr Owner Chatmag.com
  8. Re:First Post by stevejsmith · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Of WHAT!?