[Gllug] FAT patent

[Alain Williams]

On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 09:59:18AM +0000, Chris Bell wrote:
> Hello,
>    I have just seen an (unconfirmed) report that the US Patent Office has
> awarded Microsoft patent rights over its File Allocation Table, as currently
> used by many other operating systems. As far as I know it is used more for
> convenience by Linux, and there are other alternatives, but it could still
> prove to be a pain.

Needed to be able to read memory cards from cameras & the such.

If asserted against the Linux it could be a pain.

-- 
Alain Williams
Parliament Hill Computers Ltd.
Linux Consultant - Mail systems, Web sites, Networking, Programmer, IT Lecturer.
+44 (0) 787 668 0256  http://www.phcomp.co.uk/

#include <std_disclaimer.h>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 196 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://mailman.lug.org.uk/pipermail/gllug/attachments/20060112/24d8635b/attachment.pgp>
-------------- next part --------------
-- 
Gllug mailing list  -  Gllug at gllug.org.uk
http://lists.gllug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/gllug