MS is not aiming to make money out of the licenses. What they likely are trying to archieve, is to try to envision the FAT market for the next 5-10 yrs. If you try to look at the picture with the 5 yrs, glasses, you'll see things changing. With many people facing lawsuits, you can imagine the direction that open source community can take. The tactic, as it seems, is to scare the hell out of the open source community and practically eliminate any competition. It's very simple and effective!...or is it that simple? How about this move of MS, creates the environment where people just start creating their own file systems. Think about it this way. China is creating their next generation DVD's. They can just as well create the next generation vFAT, the Enhanced vFAT! Now, you tell me, is this helping or hurting MS?
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MS is not aiming to make money out of the licenses. What they likely are trying to archieve, is to try to envision the FAT market for the next 5-10 yrs. If you try to look at the picture with the 5 yrs, glasses, you'll see things changing. With many people facing lawsuits, you can imagine the direction that open source community can take. The tactic, as it seems, is to scare the hell out of the open source community and practically eliminate any competition. It's very simple and effective! ...or is it that simple? How about this move of MS, creates the environment where people just start creating their own file systems. Think about it this way. China is creating their next generation DVD's. They can just as well create the next generation vFAT, the Enhanced vFAT! Now, you tell me, is this helping or hurting MS?