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[Mike McCarty]

Tim wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-01-11 at 22:24 +0000, Ian Malone wrote:
> 
>>Alternatively they could just revert to 8.3 support for files, it
>>wouldn't affect usb key applications as windows is handling the file
>>system then (but it's a blow to interoperability, USB keys wouldn't
>>work between Win and Mac or Linux).
> 
> 
> They're just a storage medium, so they use what's put on them.  It's up
> to the computers using them as to how.  We don't have "FAT" hard drives,
> CDs, etc.  We simply have drive and discs.

This is untrue. Many discs and pseudo-discs come pre-formatted.

> So I don't see the further encumbering of FAT making it impossible to
> use thumbdrives in particular.


Mike
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