One small developer says that he's readied an open-source alternative to Microsoft's exFAT file system, providing companies and individuals with a free alternative to Microsoft's file system for flash drives. Over the weekend, developer Andrew Nayenko announced fuse-exFAT 1.0.0, completing three years of development on the project. Tarball archives have been posted to Google's code site, where they can be compiled for GNU/UNIX based operating systems and Apple's OS X. And that could mean a loss of revenue for Microsoft, which has been busy licensing its exFAT file system to a number of ... Read More