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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:04:38 -0400
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Subject: Re: [9fans] new 9atom.iso
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> What you gonna do when MS knocks on the door for their FAT patent
> license fee
>
> http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/02/microsoft-sues-tomtom-over-fat-patents-in-linux-based-device.ars

i love it.  we have complaining that fat doesn't do more
than 8.3 and trolling that there's a patent liability for
doing more than 8.3 within 24 hrs.

just to be clear.  fat itself is not patented.  just some
particular aspects of a 8.3 workaround.

> though maybe the inability to do fat32 will save you.

dossrv and 9load both read fat32.

> I like the sound of the sector 1 idea, I'm sure making a tool to r/w it
> in Linux / whatever can't be hard.

i think that's the point of using fat.  no tools required.
you're already in a pickle if you've gotten to this point.
consider the acer inspire machine this week that

- erik