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    Linus Torvalds busts Microsoft FAT patent with prior art!

    http://news.techeye.net/software/lin...crosoft-patent

    The FAT patent is the one Microsoft used to extort "license fees" from TomTom and other users of Linux. It turns out that Linus had created almost identical long file name & short file name mixing almost three years before Microsoft filed their FAT patent.
    "A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
    – John F. Kennedy, February 26, 1962.
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    Great read. Thanks! Even with Apple and the iPad there is prior art.
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      #3
      kewl!
      woodsmoke
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        #4
        good read!
        sometimes i feel we should have "Like" button in kubuntuforums as well
        asus A52N
        Dual boot: Kubuntu 11.10 64bit, Ubuntu 11.10 64bit
        AMD Athlon II 64 X2 | 4 GB DDR3 RAM | ATI Radeon HD 4200
        windoze free since 2009 12 16 (Vijay din= Victory day)
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          #5
          Volish lawyers keeped hassling him about the date until he told them to stop being stupid.
          +1
          Ok, got it: Ashes come from burning.
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            All I can say is "Good job, Linus"
            The unjust distribution of goods persists, creating a situation of social sin that cries out to Heaven and limits the possibilities of a fuller life for so many of our brothers. -- Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires (now Pope Francis)
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