Ouch!

[Mike McCarty]

Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Jan 2006, Daniel B. Thurman wrote:
> 
> 
>>... My guess is that this particular patent is just to increase the
>># of patents that M$ currently holds - and that is all that is
>>needed.
> 
> 
> i'm not sure i agree.  as a previous poster mentioned, a patent on
> the long names featurs of FAT has the potential to impact a lot of
> handheld/digital/personal devices -- PDAs, digital cameras, etc.

Especially since MicroSoft gives the terms of the license, I
believe that they intend to enforce their patents, and make
some money doing so.

Mike
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