20 Jan
2010
20 Jan
'10
9:47 p.m.
Is this really true? There's so much (public
domain) prior art to the
FAT filesystem that I find it hard to believe that it would be
patentable.
Yes, it's true, they are trying to enforce "rights" after years of not
enforcing anything. They appear to have gone to great lengths to
fabricate some technical claims they hope will generate enough argument
to get companies to pay up rather than fight.
This presumably explains some of their recent filesystem activity --
what's the new one called? Can't find the thing where I first saw it
now.
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