On Wed, 11 Jan 2006, Roger Heflin wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul F. Johnson > > Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 8:30 AM > > To: For users of Fedora Core releases > > Subject: Ouch! > > > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/11/microsoft_wins_patent_case/ > > > > Looks like fat support may have to be slimmed down :-( > > The patent is only the one for longer file names on FAT filesystems. > > It is not a patent for FAT in general. um ... so the concept of supporting longer filenames qualifies as "novel and non-obvious?" really? rday
