Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 26th Aug 2009 17:56 UTC
The Finnish company behind the open-source file system NTFS-3G, Tuxera, has announced it has signed a confidential intellectual-property agreement with Microsoft about creating a Linux exFAT driver which they will sell to Linux OEMs. They are in talks with Microsoft about an open source exFAT driver.
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Member since:2005-07-06
"The confidential Intellectual Property Agreement is basically about patents and giving us access to some Windows source code," Tuxera chief executive Mikko Välimäki told ZDNet UK, "ExFAT is part of the forthcoming SDCX standard for flash cards, and we'll be selling our driver to OEMs for devices like cameras."
I always worry just a little bit about people embracing non-open standards.
I always worry just a little bit about people embracing non-open standards.
I second that - I'd love to see an international agreement where any technology becomes an open standard or part of an open standard, people must be allowed to implement it without paying royalties. Its these 'agreements' that create walled gardens and stifle innovation and interoperability - entrench existing monopolies and create new ones.
Member since:2006-09-30
"I always worry just a little bit about people embracing non-open standards.
I second that - I'd love to see an international agreement where any technology becomes an open standard or part of an open standard, people must be allowed to implement it without paying royalties. Its these 'agreements' that create walled gardens and stifle innovation and interoperability - entrench existing monopolies and create new ones. "
Business is business...
Still, anything that isn't open is *not* a standard, but an enforced monopoly. It does not deserve the name standard.
Couldn't they just use BFS anyway ?
Member since:2005-09-16
But why is the file system included in memory card standard? Does this mean that we cannot use any other file systems on those cards? I guess not. Then what is the fuzz about - any device can just stick to crappy old FAT - it supports file systems up to 2TB. Even if Windows wouldn't let you format more than 32GB. I have formatted 200GB FAT partition under Mac OS X and it works on Windows.
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2005-08-10
"The confidential Intellectual Property Agreement is basically about patents and giving us access to some Windows source code," Tuxera chief executive Mikko Välimäki told ZDNet UK, "ExFAT is part of the forthcoming SDCX standard for flash cards, and we'll be selling our driver to OEMs for devices like cameras."
I always worry just a little bit about people embracing non-open standards.