mikeymike wrote:
Yes, think about it, there are wider-reaching implications in this. Think operating system support.
It's very worrying. Let's just hope some new "standard" replaces FAT. It always confused me that FAT was used for EEPROM media anyway. Unfortunately rather than change things most manufacturers are probably willing to take it up the... well, y'know.
But can MS really stop people using FAT on Amigas and Linux PCs any more than they can stop people using the MS Word document format? I thought there was a loophole in copyright law allowing reverse engineering for interoperability...
