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Story: Linux Support For Microsoft's exFAT File-SystemTotal Replies: 2
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r_a_trip

Feb 02, 2009
6:24 AM EST 		Typical MS M.O. Use old technology. Extend it way past its useful lifespan. Keep the extension secret in the hope of hampering competitors. Fleece the customer for the umpteenth time with software that is bit rotten, unreliable and ancient, but sold at high prices.
mortenalver

Feb 02, 2009
7:22 AM EST 		Didn't they do almost the same thing with CD formats in Vista? I seem to remember an article about the default file system for burning files to CD in Vista, which was of course incompatible with anything but Vista...
techiem2

Feb 02, 2009
3:29 PM EST 		[quote]Didn't they do almost the same thing with CD formats in Vista? I seem to remember an article about the default file system for burning files to CD in Vista, which was of course incompatible with anything but Vista...[quote]

hmm...that would explain why I couldn't read the CD burned on my bro's laptop the other day....

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