Re: [PLUG] OSX "middleware"?

[Art Alexion <art.alexion@verizon.net>]

William H. Magill wrote:

> On 24 Feb, 2005, at 09:26, Art Alexion wrote:
>
> > Carlos Konstanski wrote:
> >
> > > Yes, gtkpod will get tunes on and off your iPod.  I will get that HFS
> > > patch soon.  And you can always format the iPod as FAT32 if you wish,
> > > which will circumvent all filesystem issues.  This is what Windows
> > > (pardon my French) does to iPods.
> > Why does Apple's flagship product us a microsoft file system??
>
>
> The iPod isn't Apple's flagship product, only its most popular one -- 
> there is a difference.
OK

> As was pointed out -- "embedded systems" are a whole different kettle 
> of fish.  Many things can be done because the product has a very 
> specific and restricted set of things which it is required to do. 
> Consequently there are many things which an "embedded system" can do 
> to maximize various aspects of its operation, from OS footprint to FS 
> optimization ... and, even with today's "huge" chips and such, "small" 
> is still the name of the game for "embedded systems," simply because 
> "bigger" directly translates to "more expensive" at the bottom line.

Understood.  Just surprised that it was the proprietary OS of a 
competitor instead of something else.

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