Hi, > -----Original Message----- > From: Vollmer Marius (Nokia-D/Helsinki) > Subject: Re: [Pc-connectivity-devel] Help with Maemo Virtual Image > Install Documentation > > "Tikka Jarmo (Nokia-D/Helsinki)" <Jarmo.Tikka@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > >> > We have a problem that most standard compression tools have > >> > restriction about 2GB max file size. > >> > >> Time to post an old favorite of mine again: > >> > >> http://braid-game.com/news/?p=455 > >> > >> The first rant is about the Visual Studio 2010 community technology > >> preview. Very funny and even kinda relevant. :-) > > > > [jot] I still do not understand any better why you wanted to send > this > > same link and comment (again :) as reply to my email. > > I have posted it again because I like the rant a lot and want to share > it as much as possible. I did this as a reply to your email because > you > are producing the same kind of (IMO) monstrosity that they make fun of > in the podcast: shipping a development environment as a humongous > virtual machine image. > > I know that our virtual machine image is just one of the alternatives, > and not the main way to install and run our development environment, > but > still, I found the similarity between it and what Microsoft has done to > be striking. [jot] So your opinion is that we do not need this Virtual Image and it should not be done? I think Virtual Image is used or will be used as much as native installation of sbox and Maemo SDK and even on Linux PCs... > > > Especially when you say in your comment that your reply is not > > relevant? > > Hmm, which comment? I said here that it is "even kinda relevant". > "kinda" is short for "kind of" and roughly means here "it is not > entirely irrelevant". [jot] Sorry, you really said that your comment is "kinda relevant" but I meant that I did not see any relevancy :) Cheers, //Jarmo > > Hth. _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
