The big reason why NTFS support would likely not be in TinySC or available for other platforms is simple. It's a proprietary format. Microsoft AFAIK, do not publish detailed specs nor source code to get it implemented elsewhere.
To fully use NTFS you must rely on a third-party driver which has been developed primarily by reverse engineering. NTFS-3G, Paragon NTFS, etc. It would be far too big an undertaking for Logitech to develop its own NTFS driver - it has taken the above organizations years to get to where they are today. Even Mac OS can only read NTFS by default - you have to install one of the third-party solutions to be able to write. Logitech must license the code to support NTFS. Andy has mentioned already that they'd likely go with a commercial solution. So it is quite a big deal to make it happen. However, it's a HUGE deal not to make it happen. Not having NTFS would affect a large percentage of customers. Unfortunately it would affect precisely the customers that this feature would be most useful for. I mean anyone who is going to go to the trouble of setting up a dedicated server would know how to obtain third party software to format their disks any which way. But the new TinSC is the perfect solution for the less savvy and mom and pop who just want to (or can only) connect an external drive - perhaps one they already have. They'll be stopped dead in their tracks when the Touch is unable to see any of their music. -- 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 Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
