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I thought FAT came from DOS, which was Microsoft owned. If FAT wasn't Microsoft's original design, then I think its very unfair that they got the patent for it

by nivla 13y ago

I thought FAT came from DOS, which was Microsoft owned. If FAT wasn't Microsoft's original design, then I think its very unfair that they got the patent for it in the first place, let alone enforcing it.

beagle3 13y ago
The fat patents Microsoft holds describe encoding names that are not 8.3 format like dos/cpm
- fnordfnordfnord 13y ago
  >Common name space for long and short filenames https://www.google.com/patents/US5758352 https://www.google.com/patents/US5758352