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Microsoft FAT Patent Upheld

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the fat-getting-fatter dept.

theodp writes "After initially rejecting Microsoft's File Allocation Table (FAT) patents, the USPTO has ruled them valid. From the article: 'Microsoft has won a debate where they were the only party allowed to speak, in that the patent re-examination process bars the public from rebutting arguments made by Microsoft, said unimpressed Public Patent Foundation President Dan Ravicher.'"

3 of 558 comments (clear)

  1. Hmmm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    ...fuck you Microsoft.

  2. Is it the principle, the actual money by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    or an intrinsic bitching personality most of the slashdot crowd constantly exhibits when it comes to anything that is not free?

  3. Re:So now... by retro128 · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's like hard disks - Why should it have ANY filesystem? Just ship them uninitialized and write instructions to have the user format them.

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    -R