> > FYI
> > 
> > 
> http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasi
> > c&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!


Wouldn't the copyright on FAT have expired anyway by now?

Tony

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