FAT patent

[ovi]

Did you know that Microsoft lost his patent on FAT ?
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) earlier this month rejected a 7-year-old Microsoft patent for the FAT file system. The patent, which Microsoft started licensing to third parties in December, was contested by a small New York group that argued other patents already covered the technology.
Anyway you can read the complete story here:
newsmakers.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=arti cle&sid=970&mode=thread&order=0&th old=0

[novocaine]

again.. i hate microsoft.. and i am happy they lost their patent for FAT and now. probably will have to give back a LOT of money

[temi]

FAT is not exactly ground breaking technology anyway, its rather useless now.