On Thu, 2 Jul 2009 11:42:39 +1000 tridge@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hi Alan, > > > > There really was no such thing as "vfat" anyway. VFAT in the Windows > > > > In the eyes of the end user there is such a thing as vfat. This is about > > expectations not technical issues. > > Do you have an example of an end user device that would be affected by > this change, and which is never distributed in any of the countries > where a varient of this patent exists? You gave one: Microsoft Windows XP. Risk of very rare system crashes. Thats enough in a high reliability environment to require the file system in question is banned from use site wide at may locations. Can't have a flash card bringing down a windows dependant US destroyer can they. Getting "not vfat" by suprise is thus really really bad -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
