[Gllug] FAT patent

[Christian Smith]

On Thu, 12 Jan 2006, Alain Williams wrote:

>On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 04:12:20PM +0000, Richard Jones wrote:
>
>> If you want an open file system format which works across operating
>> systems, take a look at UDF.
>> (http://homepage.mac.com/wenguangwang/myhome/udf.html)
>
>It hints, but does not say, that this might be supported under MS Windows.
>This is the key, 'cos then camera/... vendors will use it. If it is in any
>way a pain to use under MS Windows then they will stick with FAT.

As it's the native format of modern DVDs, I guess it's supported by
Windows.


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