2007-03-14

smart people in Germany

The FAT file system (used on digital cameras, usb-devices and floppy disks,
and even most Windows computers) was developed in 1977.

Microsoft took a patent on it in 2005 (valid for 17 years)...in the USA.

Luckily the Germans denied them the same patent in Germany:
http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/86141

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