On Mon, 21 May 2007 09:37:10 -0600, Robert Rolf wrote:

> FYI
> 
> http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyId=89&articleId=9019238&intsrc=hm_topic
> 
> Also see
> 
> http://www.digital-copyright.ca/node/3937
> 
> But what I found more interesting (on above page) is that Microsoft's FAT patent is invalid,
> so using FAT with PIC's (flash cards) is no longer a patent infringement.

Of course, this is a mainly American problem, since most of the rest of the World doesn't have patents on software.  They tried to slip it in in Europe 
last year, but it was soundly beaten.  Won't stop them trying again, of course!

Cheers,


Howard Winter
St.Albans, England


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