What you say is true enough for geeks with an interest in such things, but the wider world has a much shorter memory. A certain type of person, very common unfo

What you say is true enough for geeks with an interest in such things, but the wider world has a much shorter memory. A certain type of person, very common unfortunately, feels safe and comforted by the idea of using MS anywhere they possibly can. For them, it's a question of "yes, but what have they done that's bad .. lately?". This case could supply that. And it's a nice talking point for any debate about OOXML or even mono. Suddenly attacking companies that had foolishly relied on a decade-old Microsoft-supplied "industry standard" certainly makes their new efforts at establishing "standards" easier to undermine. Even the most rabid MS Fanboy will have difficulty claiming, with a straight face, that FAT32 is some kind of proprietary high technology that deserves patent protection. Plenty of downside for MS on this one. I wonder what the rank and file employees think of it.