[maemo-users] disk space running short on /

[From: Denis Dimick]

Ryan,

Very good point, I guess what your really saying is: If your going to be a
Power User then act like a Power User and hack your own tools, but provide
your own support when it breaks. (Not meant to sound snotty)

Thanks,

Denis

On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 2:58 PM, Ryan Abel <rabelg5 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Oct 20, 2008, at 3:59 PM, Christer Eliasson wrote:
>
> > But as i said above, why doesnt it just work? (Out of the box that is)
>
> Because software features aren't free to implement and all software
> companies have finite resources and priorities? Nokia likely balanced
> the possible benefits against the costs of implementation and possible
> pitfalls (How do you explain to users why removing removable media now
> makes their system unbootable? Or how the card they used to mount on
> their Windows computer over USB no longer mounts? Or a variety of
> other issues. . . .) and came to the conclusion that it wasn't worth
> the time and effort (and suffering for their support staff) for their
> average user's use-case.
>
> Clear enough?
>
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> Ryan Abel
> Maemo Community Council chair
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