Ouch!

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Wed, 11 Jan 2006, Daniel B. Thurman wrote:

> ... My guess is that this particular patent is just to increase the
> # of patents that M$ currently holds - and that is all that is
> needed.

i'm not sure i agree.  as a previous poster mentioned, a patent on
the long names featurs of FAT has the potential to impact a lot of
handheld/digital/personal devices -- PDAs, digital cameras, etc.

rday