Tuxera signs up with Microsoft

Tuxera, a company based around the NTFS-3G filesystem project, seems to have come up with a new line of business based on the recent FAT patent scare: they have signed a deal with Microsoft and are offering proprietary "exFAT" filesystem drivers for Linux. "As an open source company, we feel excited to sign an intellectual property agreement with Microsoft. They are a great partner, and I am confident that our agreements, and this collaboration, will ensure a bright future for file system interoperability and data portability that benefits device manufacturers and consumers alike."

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