Almost every months Microsoft make a more or less major gift to the open source community, this is beautiful.
They are the new "benevolent" Google and it's no surprise they're now the number one open source contributor of the world.
exFAT in the Linux kernel
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Re: exFAT in the Linux kernel
#22I don't mean for this question to sound inflammatory but I can't help but think: why does this matter? You can already use exFAT on Linux via FUSE, and as pointed out by VentureBeat: > To be clear, Microsoft isn’t open-sourcing exFAT — but it is making sure anyone building with Linux can use it. 'It’s important to us that the Linux community can make use of exFAT included in the Linux kernel with confidence.' exFAT i…
exFAT will also be available on other devices like cameras android phones
Re: exFAT in the Linux kernel
#23The big deal here is the patent grant. FAT related patents were held over linux like a gun in the Ballmer years. Its a reason Linux was stuck with 8.3 length filenames for so long.
>> Linux was stuck with 8.3 length filenames for so long.
How so? I never had that problem.
Re: exFAT in the Linux kernel
#24Almost every months Microsoft make a more or less major gift to the open source community, this is beautiful. They are the new "benevolent" Google and it's no surprise they're now the number one open source contributor of the world.
They already extorted Android OEMs using exFat patents for billions, might as well try to look nice.
Re: exFAT in the Linux kernel
#25I don't mean for this question to sound inflammatory but I can't help but think: why does this matter? You can already use exFAT on Linux via FUSE, and as pointed out by VentureBeat: > To be clear, Microsoft isn’t open-sourcing exFAT — but it is making sure anyone building with Linux can use it. 'It’s important to us that the Linux community can make use of exFAT included in the Linux kernel with confidence.' exFAT i…
The big deal here is that they are placing the patent into OIN - I'm probably correct in guessing that it is now the most powerful patent in the OIN arsenal. More electronics/software shops are going to be pressured to join the OIN. Consider sharing files on physical media and, oh, that UEFI basically uses FAT.
Patent trolls are probably collectively experiencing a migraine after this news.
Re: exFAT in the Linux kernel
#26Sweet. I had to purchase something for my Synology NAS fairly recently to support an ExFAT device. It’s great to see this contribution to open source.
Re: exFAT in the Linux kernel
#27Great news! But I would have delayed announcing it until I had the patches ready to be merged.
The real news here is the specification being opened.
Re: exFAT in the Linux kernel
#28The big deal here is the patent grant. FAT related patents were held over linux like a gun in the Ballmer years. Its a reason Linux was stuck with 8.3 length filenames for so long.
>> Linux was stuck with 8.3 length filenames for so long. How so? I never had that problem.
.... on FAT partitions
Re: exFAT in the Linux kernel
#29Almost every months Microsoft make a more or less major gift to the open source community, this is beautiful. They are the new "benevolent" Google and it's no surprise they're now the number one open source contributor of the world.
Sure, they are not the top dog anymore. They can't get away with insulting people the way they used too.
Business as usual.
Re: exFAT in the Linux kernel
#30OMG, I can't believe we finally have a cross platform read/write disk format. At last. No more Fuse. I just need to know when it will be available for my Raspberry Pi.