For those arguing about Microsoft license fees for FAT, I was pretty sure the amount was minute (not nearly as much as DVD playback license fees, for example).
Here's what I found on wikipedia:
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Originally Posted by Wikipedia - FAT
On December 3, 2003 Microsoft announced it would be offering licenses for use of its FAT specification and "associated intellectual property", at the cost of a US$0.25 royalty per unit sold, with a $250,000 maximum royalty per license agreement.
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A quarter. I'm sure Google already has a license/royalty for FAT support. This is probably why Linux distros support it...it's cheap.