The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way. Linux Patch Clears the Air For Use of Microsoft's FAT Filesystem / Who in their right mind would want to use FAT? Maybe, maybe for something like a thumb drive, but on a hard drive? Or maybe I'm just scarred by microsoft's implementation of it... Re:Who in their right mind would want to use FAT? ( Score:4 , Insightful) by Tom9729 (1134127) on Thursday July 02, @10:19AM Homepage The reason that FAT is still around has more to do with compatibility than any kind of technical merit. Pretty much every version of Windows supports FAT, and most other operating systems can use it as well. I think most "smart" vendors have figured out that if they use FAT for their devices (music players,...
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