Re: [Waba-spec] "Common File System or Database format" : need to make decisions
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From: Rony G. F. <Ron...@wu...> - 2001-10-18 11:02:04
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Guilherme Hazan wrote: > >> > - move the Catalog class to the Palm platform specific branch. This mean > it's available for the Palm implementation, but not necessary for > others. > << > > Disagree. Catalog must be implemented in all platforms. Otherwise, no > Palm programs will able to run other platforms without being modified. *Strong* support. It should be possible to retrofit the Palm catalog (together with attributes) on to any filesystem of any other operating system. (It is for all practical means *impossible* to get the file notion performant onto the Palm devices using Palm catalogs.) (Super)Waba should be about programs to be written once and to be run on any *present* PDA-platform. Going the device-dependent route should be a *last* *resort* for extremely important functionality. The largest market share of PDAs by all means, like it or not, is the Palm segment; so that should be the premiere platform to be considered (but keeping an eye on the devlopment of other platforms, of course). Just my 2c. ---rony |