Ouch!

[Adam Gibson]

Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Jan 2006, Roger Heflin wrote:
> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com
>>> [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] 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?

To a judge, yes.  Maybe the judge thought the patent covered storing 
filenames on someone's body fat.  That would bring a new meaning to 
*flash* drives ;)