[ros-general] Microsoft wants royalties for use of FAT

[KJK::Hyperion]

At 15.36 12/12/2003, you wrote:
>However, this would break compatibility with DOS and Windows 3.1 (if 
>anyone still uses that!) and would only really be useful for DOS and 
>Win3.1 app compatibility.

it's not just "useful": some recent programs *require* it. I tried 
disabling short filenames, but several programs (installers in particular) 
didn't like it at all