Am 20. Jul, 2009 schwätzte Bob Elzer so:
> My guess would be the easiest thing to do would be to format it NTFS, since
> almost everything can read/write it.
Nah, easiest thing would be to ignore and avoid proprietary operating
systems that insist on being incompatible :).
As Ryan reiterated for me, the entire purpose of this is to move to a free
and open file system.
If we can do so in such a way that vendors can use the same mechanism we
might get camera, flash memory, media player and other manufacturers to
move to free and open filesystems.
> I do still agree with your point of view though, but whatever free and open
> file system we can come up with, M$ will never add it to their OS's
> themselves, or back port it to their older systems.
Well, let's figure out how to make it work without Redmond's assistance.
> Which means, always modifying the M$ system to read the free FS.
Yup. But, can we do it in a reliable way?
ciao,
der.hans
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