They are here! M$ and a new trick!

[Coder]

Hi,

Yup M$ is at it again. From now on companies that make camera's have to pay M$ 25 dollar cents for each sold camera. The payment is for the FAT filesystem. Also the creators of memory cards have to pay. And you have some others products that use it and will be next up.

Coder

[Coder]

@Speelgoedmannetje

The nasty trick with this is that they allowed this violation of copyrights (I assume they have a copyright on FAT) until the cameras and so are generally accepted.

That's the whole point. Now that they see that something is worth while charging they do. Give something for free and when it is used a lot charge for it.

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[Coder]

@iamaboringperson

I have nothing against the collection of royalties for your patents

Oh I agree. But for such a big company as M$ they could just leave it as it is and create some goodwill (if that is possible) amongst us users. If it was a small company that wanted to do that I could understand.

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[Coder]

@Waccoon

I'm sick of Linux imitating everything Windows does while using glossy Mac graphics.

I agree so much on that. I remember when Linux was fun but now I have to admit it's turning into a Windows clone. Because that is what will attract the non-geeks they think. It got to stop.

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