Suggestion
Robert Huff
roberthuff at rcn.com
Sun Mar 11 18:27:14 UTC 2012
Alejandro Imass writes:
> >> > > FAT rules!
> >> >
> >> > Uh . . . what?
> >>
> >> It is on every phone, every camera, every toaster ...
>
> The only reason it's so popular is not precisely for good design.
I can think of two:
Its properties are well understood.
There are a multitude of drivers, at least some well-coded.
Many are even open source. :-)
And for one of its tasks - as a format for media to be read
by multiple devices, presumably under the control of/with the
permission of a single person - what exactly is the better
alternative?
Robert Huff
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