[Cialug] MS / TomTom legal case

[David Champion]

I don't know all of the nitty-gritty details, but have you guys been 
following the MS / TomTom legal case? Sounds like MS is suing TomTom for 
their use of the FAT filesystem. Wasn't there another case where it was 
upheld that the FAT patent wasn't enforceable?

http://blogs.computerworld.com/linux_companies_sign_microsoft_patent_protection_pacts?source=NLT_APP

Seems to me like TomTom could just switch to using ext3 or some other 
filesystem. Maybe this is for reading add-on media like SD cards, that 
people just want to be able to plug into their PC and work.

-dc