[opensuse] exFAT specs published!
It seems that M$ has just published the exFAT specs, explicitly so that Linux adds full and legal support for it :-) <https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3080947/microsoft-exfat-open-source-linux-kernel> Comments on the offtopic list, perhaps, please :-) -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.0 x86_64 at Telcontar)
On 2019-08-29 10:41 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
It seems that M$ has just published the exFAT specs, explicitly so that Linux adds full and legal support for it :-)
<https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3080947/microsoft-exfat-open-source-linux-kernel>
Comments on the offtopic list, perhaps, please :-)
Microsoft has certainly changed since Bill & Steve left. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 08/29/2019 09:45 AM, James Knott wrote:
Microsoft has certainly changed since Bill & Steve left.
I speculate they need an interoperability solution between WSL and whatever uses exFAT and are hoping that an opensource wizard will take the exFAT filesystem and write a kernel that solves that or something similar. El Reg. published the opensourcing a day or two ago and I thought that was a bit odd. I think it is a good thing, but corporate America rarely does things out of the goodness of its heart. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 30/08/2019 07.50, David C. Rankin wrote:
On 08/29/2019 09:45 AM, James Knott wrote:
Microsoft has certainly changed since Bill & Steve left.
I speculate they need an interoperability solution between WSL and whatever uses exFAT and are hoping that an opensource wizard will take the exFAT filesystem and write a kernel that solves that or something similar.
It would be part of the kernel, same as the FAT filesystem. Now it is outside, via fuse.
El Reg. published the opensourcing a day or two ago and I thought that was a bit odd. I think it is a good thing, but corporate America rarely does things out of the goodness of its heart.
Bigger market share. They don't renounce to the copyright. It is not open sourcing, though. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.0 x86_64 at Telcontar)
On 2019-08-30 01:50 AM, David C. Rankin wrote:
On 08/29/2019 09:45 AM, James Knott wrote:
Microsoft has certainly changed since Bill & Steve left. I speculate they need an interoperability solution between WSL and whatever uses exFAT and are hoping that an opensource wizard will take the exFAT filesystem and write a kernel that solves that or something similar.
El Reg. published the opensourcing a day or two ago and I thought that was a bit odd. I think it is a good thing, but corporate America rarely does things out of the goodness of its heart.
Microsoft changed it's stance since Bill & Steve left. Instead of being a "cancer", they're now using it in a variety of ways. For example, you can now install Linux in Windows 10. Also, I recently read that Linux is being used more than Windows for Azure. They have found it's easier to make money with Linux than to fight against it. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Le 29/08/2019 à 16:41, Carlos E. R. a écrit :
It seems that M$ has just published the exFAT specs, explicitly so that Linux adds full and legal support for it :-)
<https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3080947/microsoft-exfat-open-source-linux-kernel>
Comments on the offtopic list, perhaps, please :-)
no, it's very interesting for openSUSE users like me, with large sd cards thanks jdd -- http://dodin.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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