Microsoft Signs Licensing Agreement With Research In Motion

I wonder where this may lead in the future?

From Yahoo! REDMOND, Wash., Sept. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsoft Corp. announced today that Microsoft and Research In Motion (RIM) have signed a patent licensing agreement that gives RIM broad access to the latest Extended File Allocation Table (exFAT) for certain BlackBerry® devices of RIM.  exFAT is a modern file system from Microsoft that facilitates large files for audiovisual media and enables seamless data portability and an easy interchange between desktop PCs and other electronic devices.

Comments

[Gavin]

Microsoft are taking aim at their competitors with the best stuff now.

[Jaam Gans]

Now we are talking - this is just what RIM and especially microsoft needed. now they just need to get rid of their dreadful UI, or at least make dramatic improvements to the tiles they provide.