Office Ultimate 2007 Microsoft reannounces its exF
 

Microsoft has been licensing its exFAT flash file format for licensing for a whilst now. In situation you forgot, on December ten, the firm reminded people that exFAT is offered for licensing.exFAT, or Extended File Allocation Table, is definitely an enhanced version with the Body fat file technique from Microsoft that makes use of less overhead than the Windows NTFS file technique. It extends the optimum file dimension of 4GB in FAT32 to practically limitless. exFAT is part of part of Windows CE and Windows client.Microsoft officials stated that Sony, Canon and Sanyo currently have signed IP licensing agreements for exFAT. And SanDisk, “as a member of the SD Card Association and the Memory Stick standard, has endorsed the adoption of exFAT file technique for use in the new extra capacity storage media.” Microsoft didn;t mention today that open-source vendor Tuxera also is one of the licensees of exFAT.Microsoft plans to continue to license the older Body fat format alongside exFAT, a organization spokesperson told me. (No surprise there; just ask TomTom.)There is a $300,000 flat free to license exFAT for certain consumer device categories, including cameras, camcorders and digital photo frames, with volume-based pricing out there for those who want to license it for mobile phones, PCs and networks, the spokesperson added.So what;s the thinking behind today;s reannouncement? “Today marks our efforts to build awareness with the overall exFAT licensing plan,Office Ultimate 2007,” the spokesperson mentioned.