From: "Dave Ings" 

I just checked with one of the local OSS / Linux gurus and he said that
while there are Linux FAT file system drivers in some of the distributions
(which for example facilitate easier dual Linux/Windows booting) you are
right that Linux does not really need FAT.
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Regards,
Dave Ings,
Toronto, Canada

"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
news:43c52eb5{at}w3.nls.net...
> Linux doesn't really need FAT does it?  Further, if MS tried to enforce
> this
> wouldn't hardware and other users just switch to something else?
>
> There is also still the possibility of a court challenge to this ruling.
>
> Gary

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