Re: CONFIG_VFAT_FS_DUALNAMES regressions

From: JÃrn Engel
Date: Sun Jul 12 2009 - 07:22:23 EST


[ Ignoring all legal and moral aspects...]

On Fri, 10 July 2009 22:40:14 +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
>
> Microsoft having patents on their *obsolete* filesystem should be *their*

FAT is far from obsolete. It is practically always the filesystem of
choice and often the only filesystem when trying to move data from one
system to another. The next best alternatives are isofs and ext2. And
I don't know a single digital camera, mp3 player or cellphone that
speaks either.

JÃrn

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