I don't think it's relevant whether or not HFS+ is a valuable addition to the Linux community as a whole. It's obvious that it isn't. Linux is a marginal player at best. It's also not very relevant if a Logitech engineer thinks it makes marketing sense to have that support in the product they're working on.
What's relevant is whether or not HFS+ would make a valuable addition for Logitech who is trying to sell a commercial product to as many people as possible. Does it make financial sense to contract out to get it done? I can probably make a business case for it if I were being paid for my time. Whether or not a drive comes "pre-formatted" isn't as relevant as what format do customers normally format external drives themselves, whether manually or when prompted by the system. NTFS pre-formatted volumes are going to be reformatted HFS+ when used in a Mac. If you don't value Mac customers, that's fine, but not likely something that should be bragged about in the forums. Logitech as a corporate entity clearly doesn't share that same view as numerous business units have made it a priority to support Mac OS. That includes the streaming audio unit since SBS runs perfectly well in Mac OS. If smaller companies like SageTV can add HFS+ support to their streaming devices, I'm sure Logitech could make it work. I did mention I could refer an expert for a contract. -- MelonMonkey Bruno *'Twisted Melon - Fine Mac OS Software' (http://twistedmelon.com)* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MelonMonkey's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8466 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70142 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
