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I believe, Its just part of Microsoft's plan for world domination and to neutralize Linux and other competitors. They are fully in the embrace phase at present
by asdefghyk 7y ago
I believe, Its just part of Microsoft's plan for world domination and to neutralize Linux and other competitors. They are fully in the embrace phase at present. I'd question if it will have ALL the features on Linux that it does on Windows...
- MegaDeKay 7y agoThe first paragraph of the article states the code is "Microsoft-approved, largely Samsung-authored". The code is open source and missing features, if any, could be added. Microsoft has explicitly endorsed its usage in the kernel [0] and its architecture is fully documented [1]. What more do you want? [0] https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/opensource/2019/08/28/exfat-linux-kernel/ https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/opensource/2019/08/28/exfat... [1] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/exfat-specification https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/exfat-...
- ClumsyPilot 7y agoThere is a line between caution and paranoia, and you are on the wrong side of it. What's the reasoning behind this? How does exFat support in Linux give Microsoft leverage? I don't see how this isn;t just rehashing of the same old chestnut.