{"id":10246,"date":"2020-03-25T14:49:01","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T18:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pappp.net\/?guid=b403370cd8a1d02dc6136b04130c1227"},"modified":"2020-03-25T14:49:01","modified_gmt":"2020-03-25T18:49:01","slug":"the-exfat-filesystem-is-coming-to-linux-paragon-softwares-not-happy-about-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/?p=10246","title":{"rendered":"The exFAT filesystem is coming to Linux—Paragon software’s not happy about it"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: Ars Technica<\/a><\/p>\n

Article note: As always when someone gets all FUDy about solid open source stacks replacing their rentseekingware business, \"Fuck 'em.\" \r\n\r\nIt's a shame, Paragon has made some nice, useful stuff on top of other people's FOSS work.<\/div>
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Enlarge<\/a> \/<\/span> Proprietary filesystem vendor Paragon Software seems to feel threatened by the pending inclusion of a Microsoft-sanctioned exFAT in the Linux 5.7 kernel. (credit: MTV \/ Geffen \/ Paramount Pictures<\/a>)<\/p> <\/figure>

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When software and operating system giant Microsoft announced<\/a> its support for inclusion of the exFAT filesystem directly into the Linux kernel back in August, it didn't get a ton of press coverage. But filesystem vendor Paragon Software clearly noticed this<\/a> month's merge of the Microsoft-approved, largely Samsung-authored version of exFAT into the VFS for-next repository<\/a>, which will in turn merge into Linux 5.7—and Paragon doesn't seem happy about it.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, Paragon issued a press release about European gateway-modem vendor Sagemcom adopting its version of exFAT into an upcoming series of Linux-based routers. Unfortunately, it chose to preface the announcement with a stream of FUD<\/a> (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt) that wouldn't have looked out of place on Steve Ballmer's letterhead in the 1990s.<\/p>\n

Breaking down the FUD<\/h2>\n

Paragon described its arguments against open source software—which appeared directly in my inbox—as an \"article (available for publication in any form) explaining why the open source model didn't work in 3 cases.\"<\/p><\/div>

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