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Old 12th January 2006, 00:13   #1
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Microsoft FAT patents valid, Linux quivers

THE US Patent and Trademark Office has declared that patents Microsoft holds on file allocation tables (FAT) are valid, opening up the question once more on how Linux will be affected.

The Linux OS uses the FAT file system.

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