{"id":551,"date":"2006-01-11T13:24:59","date_gmt":"2006-01-11T03:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2006\/01\/11\/microsofts-file-system-patent-upheld-zdnet-australia-news-software-2\/"},"modified":"2013-12-18T08:42:23","modified_gmt":"2013-12-17T22:42:23","slug":"microsofts-file-system-patent-upheld-zdnet-australia-news-software-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2006\/01\/11\/microsofts-file-system-patent-upheld-zdnet-australia-news-software-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft’s file system patent upheld: ZDNet Australia: News: Software"},"content":{"rendered":"

Microsoft’s file system patent upheld: ZDNet Australia: News: Software<\/a><\/p>\n

Saying any part of the FAT file system is “novel and non-obvious” is rather like saying being stabbed in the eye with a fork is “novel and a good way to spend a sunday afternoon”.<\/p>\n

Seriously – what the?<\/p>\n

I’m really glad I work for a company that opposes software patents.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Pia<\/a> for the links.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Microsoft’s file system patent upheld: ZDNet Australia: News: Software Saying any part of the FAT file system is “novel and non-obvious” is rather like saying being stabbed in the eye with a fork is “novel and a good way to … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-linux-kernel","category-mysql"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5a6n8-8T","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":298,"url":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2004\/11\/18\/rustys-latest-thoughts-on-software-and-patent-protection\/","url_meta":{"origin":551,"position":0},"title":"Rusty’s latest thoughts on Software and Patent Protection","author":"Stewart Smith","date":"2004-11-18","format":false,"excerpt":"It's important that people keep up to date with happennings in the fight against Software Patents. 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