OT : Micro$oft at it again

[Kickstart]

Hi

https://www.dpreview.com/news/0312/03120403microsoftisfat.asp

Microsoft have suddenly decided to claim royalties on the FAT filing system, or 25 cents per unit for Compact Flash and the like.

All the best

Keith
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[Scotty]

Idiots.
Its not like they don't earn enough already...
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[NSR125-Kid-UK]

It's strikes me that it's just another example to add to the long list of Micro$oft grubbing money from under the carpet at other people's expense.
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[Hex]

Its fair game to me, if I was them I would do it too.

Why not, its a defacto standard more or less and they own it so its good business since to get money out of it, especially now that media is so cheep, a few pence on the cost is peanuts to users but in the wider picture it will make a nice income.
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[EuropeanNC30R...]

I can't see it having much affect. As someone who commented on the article suggested, all the card manufacturers could easily get around it by supplying the cards unformatted.

[Kickstart]

Yes, but making something free with no suggestion of charging for 25 years to build up a captive user base, and then suddenly levying a fee is a bit of a con.

It is as bad as BT trying to claim royalties for the idea of hyperlinks.

All the best

Keith
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[McJamweasel]

And then they wonder why people are so happy to pirate/use pirated software.
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[Hex]

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[NSR125-Kid-UK]

The thing is that microsoft is pretty much *the* software company. There's not much people could do to dethrone them.
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[Racer X]

I call that Capitalism at it's best!!!

Bill Gates has embarked on a mission to dominate the digital & electronic world!!!
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[NSR125-Kid-UK]

He's already succeeded mate.
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[JimboJ]

I don't get why people hate microsoft, it's a business. If I owned it like Gav said, i'd do it, it's good for business! I'd want my company to do as well as it should. I'm not gonna say "Oh well i make shit loads of money as it is, why not just make longhorn a fiver!?" If I owned the rights to things that someone created at my company(assuming they did from what I can make out) I'd want to make more money!
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[G]

How far would you go though... where exactly would you draw the line on making money?

The annoying thing is FAT aint exactly a great file system anyway .
I vote we move to FFS .

[McJamweasel]

Jimbo - people hate Microshaft not because they make money, but because they are basically a monopoly. And a lot of their products are shite. They're released with more bugs than a whores knickers.

And IMO Microshaft embody all that is wrong with capitalism.

Obviously this kind of thing doesn't help Microshaft's image. Although it may be legally right for them to start charging now, is it morally right? I think not.
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[Kris]

If you hate Microsoft so much then why do you use their products? I bet it's because there's no viable alternative - in that case who is to blame? Microsoft because they have no large scale competition?
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[Ste]

Yes, that because there isn't the possibilty of a new company joining the market. One of the features of a monopoly market.

[JimboJ]

[NSR125-Kid-UK]

Without change i'll be bikeless for ever and ever.
Change is good .
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[McJamweasel]

No, its not jimbob. When faced with a monopoly like Microshaft's its very hard to make a dent in it. Especially a noticable dent.

Linux is getting bigger and bigger, it just doesn't have the support yet. If it did then I'd be using it like a shot.
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[JimboJ]

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[JimboJ]

Personally I don't givea shit as long as the games and programs work
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[JimboJ]