RE: [ros-dev] Patent on FAT

[Oliver Schneider]

> No. Long files names were incorporated into unix systems long before the
> days FAT, or even DOS.

But not long AND short file names on one volume - i.e. DOS-compatible ones
AND Windows/ROS/whatever-compatible ones.
> If is true, it would effect many things, but I can't see Microsoft
> enforcing it, it would alienate themselves.

I think they are - especially when it comes to vendors formatting their
flash cards, smart cards, digital cameras with FAT!

Just my 2 cents ;)

Oliver
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