[lug] Microsoft charging fee for each digicam made

[Mr Viggy]

Right, I was just making the point that Microsoft was claiming patent 
infringement because of the file format, not the media.

However, I'm not sure they can do anything.  Can't you format floppy 
disks on a Mac, using FAT?

Viggy

rm at fabula.de wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 05:41:13PM -0700, Mr Viggy wrote:
> 
>>My impression was that the charge was not for storing the information, 
>>but for the format that the stored information is in.
>>
>>So, if the camera mfgr changes their format to, say, ext2, Microsoft 
>>can't claim patent infringement.
> 
> 
> Yes, but that's highly unlikely. The main point of these memory cards 
> is that one can hook them up to the home computer and mount them like
> normal disks. Now, how many computers can mount ext2? Not my Macs and
> not the Windows boxes i know ...
> BTW, ext2 isn't really the filesystem of choice for this kind of application.
> 
>  Ralf Mattes
> 
> 
>>Viggy
> 
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