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TomTom Settles With Microsoft
Surrounded writes "It appears TomTom bowed to the pressure and settled with Microsoft over the recent patent infringement claims from the Redmond software giant. In the agreement, TomTom will pay Microsoft for coverage under the eight car navigation and file management systems patents in the Microsoft case. Also as part of the agreement, Microsoft receives coverage under the four patents included in the TomTom counter-suit. TomTom also has to remove functionality related to two file management system patents (the 'FAT LFN patents')."
Any company that uses Linux for anything at this point will be re-evaluating that use. Linux clearly violates a number of Microsoft patents, otherwise TomTom would not have settled. So the question for other companies that use Linux in any capacity is whether fighting Microsoft in court will cost them more than simply switching to Windows.
After yet another embarrassing failure, Barack Obama abandons his quest to join the GNAA.
I'm sure manufactures can find one format that works on Linux and Mac. The only real problem is Windows.
"Thanks for all the money you paid to us. We've used it to buy off ISO among other things" -Microsoft