Greg wonders:
> I fail to see how challenging this will make the world a better place,
> freeing us from the burden of paying onerous royalties to Microsoft for
> all the non-Microsoft uses of FAT.

I believe people are annoyed that Microsoft sat quietly by as FAT became the
de-facto standard for all removable media devices (digital cameras, etc.)
and now has said something like, "ha, ha, you all owe us royalties on every
device you've ever manufactured".

> I guess I should google "burn all gifs", and see how that battle is going.

The patents on LZW expired, so AFAIK the battle is over.

G.

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