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Von: "Marc Coevoet" <[email protected]>
Gesendet: 13.05.2011 22:16:22
An: "Kees Jongenburger" <[email protected]>, 
[email protected]
Betreff: Re: [OpenTom] TomTom Via 110

>Op 13-05-11 16:37, Kees Jongenburger schreef:
>> Hello
>>
>> On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 10:24 AM, Christian Daniel -- maintech GmbH
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Hi Markus,
>>>
>>> TomTom seems to have moved away from the USB-Storage concept. I guess
>>> this is to gain better integration with the TomTom Home software.
>>
>> I believe the biggest drive to remove mass storage was the MS patent suite 
>> see:
>> http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/03/microsoft-and-tomtom-settle-patent-dispute.ars
>>
>
>It would have been nice to install the ext2fs for DOS/windows/Apple
>then?? There are some free browse for linux file systems under windows ...

Not that easy.

We are not talking disk drives but flash ROMs. These can be reprogrammed only a 
limited amount of times, as the bits wear off at every write operation.
To distribute this wear the memory cards do not just have the memory but also a 
controller with some software in it. It is this software that emulates a FAT 
filesystem.

You would have to spread a new generation of memory cards, USB sticks etc. 
There is no doubt this will come. On the other hand I think Tomtom will not 
take the lead here.

Just my .02 €

Hiran
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