On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 9:28 AM, Simon Budig <simon@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Mark (wolfmane@xxxxxxxxx) wrote: >> That goes double for you. I understand your point of view perfectly. I >> am not disputing the fact that sync is useful and powerful. You are >> the one who is maintaining, quite incorrectly, that sync makes import >> & export obsolete. > > No, I maintain, that import and export conceptually is a special case of > sync. > > Bye, > Simon > > -- > simon@xxxxxxxx http://simon.budig.de/ > ...and you are wrong. By definition, sync is the process of making sure that two or more locations contain the *same* up-to-date files: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_synchronization By definition, import & export are the processes of creating *new* external files of *different* formats. http://financialsoft.about.com/od/financialsoftwareglossary/g/def_export.htm Again, including import/export functionality in a sync app does NOT mean that import/export is a subset of sync. To say that is exactly the same as saying that a word processor is a subset of email, or that audio equipment is a subset of automobiles. Mark _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
