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The Register reports on a new revenue stream for MS - licensing FAT. Here's the skinny:
So if we understand this correctly, Microsoft would like manufacturers of removable solid state storage to give it 25c a pop for the privilege of preformatting their devices with FAT, and while it's about it, the company intends to extend its IP tentacles into a wide variety of up-and-coming consumer electronics devices, with lawyers shuffling behind it.
Anyone want to speculate on whether or not this idea cropped up after some MS manager watched what SCO is doing?
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