Great. Microsoft wants to exploit patents in the area of the clunky FAT file system. When will Microsoft take action against FAT implementations in open systems? The whole thing is absurd. File systems are standards for data exchange; charging licenses for them is completely absurd. Especially since the implementation of FAT is so primitive that even at the time of its invention, the actual inventive achievement couldn't have been particularly high...
At Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com) there's the original article.