Many people like a challenge. The big plus for exFAT is its huge file size and fast operating speed. These people who write DOS games face that difficulty all the time; they might already have some ideas. Time will tell.
cheers DS On Mon, 14 Aug 2017 14:27:45 -0400 dmccunney <[email protected]> writes: > On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 2:13 PM, Dale E Sterner <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On the other hand there seem to be a number of good > > open sorce programmers out there. Why not create > > another file system that does the same thing as exFAT > > but make it free. Flash card makers are paying dear > > to use exFAT. FREE would push MS out of the exFAT > > business. > > Won't happen. Who would actually do this? What's in it for them? > > Contributors to open source projects generally have one of three > reasons for doing so: > > They work for a company like Google of Facebook that uses open > source > software and pays them to work on what they use > > They are scratching a personal itch, and working on something they > use > > They get bragging rights (like "I have commit access to the Linux > kernel repo!") > > Reverse engineered exFAT support already exists for Linux and a few > other things besides Windows. There is no point to re-inventing > that > wheel, and it might be a real challenge to make something that > looked > and acted like and was interoperable with exFAT *without* stepping > on > MS's patent toes. > > What you want is exFAT support from DOS. It might be possible to > adapt existing Linux support. If you can find programmers willing > to > spend the time and effort to do this, more power to you. I don't > think you can. Why would they *bother*? > > I'm afraid you are stuck with camera storage volumes you can't > access from DOS. > ______ > Dennis > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > ******************************************************>>>> >From Dale Sterner - MS organic chemistry http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jo00975a052 *******************************************************>>>> ____________________________________________________________ Actress Tells All: "I Felt Bloated, Tired...Now I Know Why" ActivatedYou http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5991ef348355d6f3433e1st01duc ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
