Thanks MS. Would also like to see ext4 support in Windows and better NTFS support under Linux. Then the turnaround (on the technical side at least) will be complete.
exFAT in the Linux kernel
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Re: exFAT in the Linux kernel
#32Almost 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.
I always chuckled at the joke: Who makes more money off of the sale of each Android device, Google or Microsoft?
Re: exFAT in the Linux kernel
#33I'll believe Microsoft loves Linux when I can install Microsoft Office in my desktop Linux machine. Everything else is marketing.
Edit: to expand, the corporate world runs on Excel/PowerPoint/Outlook. Microsoft milks them on Windows/Office licensing and is very aggressive against organizations that try to do Linux deployments. They're a convicted monopolist that got away easily when at some point the option on the table was to split OS and Office into two different companies. If they want to continue to use Office to keep Windows dominant that's their strategy. WSL and their other "love Linux" efforts are all about making sure developers stay on Windows. If you want to do all that fine but don't patronize us by then claiming you love Linux.
Re: exFAT in the Linux kernel
#34I'll believe Microsoft loves Linux when I can install Microsoft Office in my desktop Linux machine. Everything else is marketing. Edit: to expand, the corporate world runs on Excel/PowerPoint/Outlook. Microsoft milks them on Windows/Office licensing and is very aggressive against organizations that try to do Linux deployments. They're a convicted monopolist that got away easily when at some point the option on the ta…
This seems oddly specific and arbitrary. What if the engineering effort in porting it over is not economically viable?
Re: exFAT in the Linux kernel
#35Does this affect anything outside the Linux kernel? Will *BSDs be able to use the specs without patent fears? What about microcontrollers, and the Arduino community?
Re: exFAT in the Linux kernel
#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
>> Linux was stuck with 8.3 length filenames for so long. How so? I never had that problem.
.... on FAT partitions
Sorry, dumb question. :)
I guess I never noticed a problem because either I mostly use ext3/4, or I am so used to using legally dubious drivers that I forgot they were there.
I mean, who ever gives you a FAT formatted disk? I don't have floppy drive anyway :p
Re: exFAT in the Linux kernel
#37I'll believe Microsoft loves Linux when I can install Microsoft Office in my desktop Linux machine. Everything else is marketing. Edit: to expand, the corporate world runs on Excel/PowerPoint/Outlook. Microsoft milks them on Windows/Office licensing and is very aggressive against organizations that try to do Linux deployments. They're a convicted monopolist that got away easily when at some point the option on the ta…
It's more likely that Microsoft Office will become 100% "cloud" based software.
Re: exFAT in the Linux kernel
#38I'll believe Microsoft loves Linux when I can install Microsoft Office in my desktop Linux machine. Everything else is marketing. Edit: to expand, the corporate world runs on Excel/PowerPoint/Outlook. Microsoft milks them on Windows/Office licensing and is very aggressive against organizations that try to do Linux deployments. They're a convicted monopolist that got away easily when at some point the option on the ta…
This seems oddly specific and arbitrary. What if the engineering effort in porting it over is not economically viable?
Given the direction they're going with the web versions of Office 365, it's entirely possible that the future involves them deciding porting stuff to the Windows version is not economically viable and relegate the native apps to legacy support like IE.
Re: exFAT in the Linux kernel
#39Almost 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.
Exactly. They are likely doing this because smartphone makers were already moving away from supporting as cards. The patents will likely expire soon too.
Re: exFAT in the Linux kernel
#40Almost 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.
That’s great but there’s nothing benevolent in their intentions. I don’t mean that as a slight, they’re the same as any other corporation - driven by profit and growth, not benevolence.