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SubjectRe: [linux-pm] [PATCH 0/8] Suspend block api (version 6)
Hi,

On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 12:05:19PM +0200, ext Florian Mickler wrote:
>You said that already. For me this sounds like you want to take the
>users hostage in order to get nice (poweraware) apps.

not the users, no. The app developers. They should know what bad
applications can cause to a nicely done system.

>Robust system design can take crap and perform well. Users will most of
>the time prefer a robust system over a nicely designed system. (Just
>think of the ak-47)

(hope you're talking about the gun :-p)
put some bad bullets on ak-47 and see if it behaves well, a really
crappy trigger will also make it fail. How robust can a system be with
badly chosen components ?

>I think we just have to agree to disagree here?

I think so.

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balbi

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