> On Tue, 2010-05-11 at 17:18 +0100, Tamas Rudnai wrote:
>
>> On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Herbert Graf <
@spam@hkgrafKILLspam
gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Remember, most people use windows, so any file system you use MUST be
>>> supported natively by windows (no installing stuff to get it working).
>>> That rules out pretty much all file systems other then FAT/exFAT and
>>> NTFS.
>>>
>>>
>> No, you can write drivers... So you do not need to be supported by drivers
>> on your Windows installation disks as it can be installed any time.
>>
>
> Right, so for it to be MASSIVELY adopted you plan to write a driver for
> every OS out there and maintain it? I wish you luck.
>
> The fact is manufacturers are going to go with the easiest route. The
> easiest route at minimum is to choose a file system that is supported by
> the vast majority of machines out there. The vast majority of machines
> support FAT and NTFS, there is no disputing that.
>
>
>> Also there are other options, like providing Samba instead of raw FS
>> access...
>>
>
> Wah?? That's even worse sounding. When I plug a device in my machine I
> WANT it to show up as a regular drive. Most manufacturers tend to agree
> with this position (Apple being the biggest outlier, and they get
> hammered for it alot).
>
> What are you envisioning anyways? I plug a flash card into a machine and
> it shows up as a network share or something? How does that benefit
> ANYONE?
>
>
>> In my opinion it is just a laziness from the camcorder manufacturers not to
>> thinking about alternatives.
>>
>
> It doesn't matter if you label it lazy or not, the manufacturers are
> interested in making their products as easy to use for as little money
> as possible, that's the nature of the game. Farting around for no
> financial benefit is NOT what a company interested in making money is
> likely to do.
>
> TTYL
>
>