> But sooner or later, floppy support will have to go anyway - since there > won't be any new systems that are shipped with a floppy. For embedded
Who dedicates a new box to running a LEAF firewall with all the free old boxes around? ;-) "But seriously folks", for those who DO use old hardware the old drivers should work just fine. So it's really just a matter of forking, but keeping the older software available (and making sure it doesn't get bit-rot) for those who can, want to, and perhaps must, use it. > Don't get me wrong - I didn't like having to admit that we had to drop > floppy support (and if we find a way to continue floppies, we will - > simply because it will give us the extra incentive to keep things small > and avoid any kind of bloat). Yes, avoiding code bloat is a very good thing. (Look at Windows.) Even if floppies go by the wayside, one might imagine small, discarded thumb- drives taking their place. One is hearing more and more of small flash- based systems, e.g. OLPC, et al., but they generally have modest storage capacities. The most common mistake I've seen younger programmers make is assumption that everybody else has what they have, wants what they want, etc. They suffer from lack of experience and/or imagination. In my experience, if there's one statement one should NEVER make, because it is too likely to have to be "eaten", it's: "We'll never need THAT again, good riddance." -- Paul Rogers [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.xprt.net/~pgrogers/ Rogers' Second Law: "Everything you do communicates." (I do not personally endorse any additions after this line. TANSTAAFL :-) -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A fast, anti-spam email service. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ leaf-devel mailing list leaf-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
