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2010-07-23 , 07:08
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Originally Posted by jakiman View Post
You quoted my post but accused about things I've never said or done. I'll just assume you were referring to some other ignorant posters and not me.
Don't worry, I only quoted your post for the sin part and countered with something that actually HAS been posted. Guess I'll have to point fingers next time to avoid confusion about whom what part of a message is directed at.

I'll bet titan's kernel (due to overclocking support) is and will continue to be more popular than FCam and I mean that with absolutely no intention of disrespect to FCam whatsoever. (I'm a photography buff and love the idea of FCam and I've thanked the developer already.)

You'll be surprised how many actually overclock but don't even have accounts at TMO. (I know at least 5 people at work and many more at other community forums) However, many who do want to use FCam are also TMO buffs and many of them would be also using titan's kernel. (titan's kernel was useful even before overclocking was discovered. NTFS, USP/IP etc. Overclocking support was added later on and he did a mighty fine job as he put fail-safe's in place for even the noobs.)
I wouldn't be so sure about the numbers - overclockers have always made up a fairly small percentage with any hardware, and while of course the N900 attracts more tech inclined userbase, I wouldn't say that the majority of N900 users overclock their device.

For the "not registered" argument goes the other way round just as well - lots of unregistered non-overclocking TMO buffs, too.

But that's not even the point. No matter how many overclockers are out there, it's just not true that one HAS to know and care about the custom kernel in order to be considered a valid N900 user. I understand how it's an important part of this community for you, but it's not for others.

From the point of view of someone not interested in overclocking and thus with a more removed view on things, all I can say is that it's NOT "one of the hottest topics" (not posted by yourself again - just making sure ) on TMO - unless the hot refers to the posting count of a single thread.

It is in best interest by the FCam developer to see if he can get it working with the most popular custom kernel for the N900. It's a win win if he can pull it off as he'll get much more FCam users.
I wouldn't argue with that, as even if only 1% of all N900 used the kernel, it would still be worth getting FCam to work with it. It's just that I don't think they are OBLIGED to do it, as opposed to the win-win situation, ditching the custom kernel users wouldn't exactly be a loose-loose situation. More like a nothing gained-loose situation (which, as far as I know, is no official part of game theory, so I'll stop abusing that one now ).

With that in mind, I just don't get the need for badmouthing the developers (which the majority of people in this thread seem rather happy to do - again, not directed at you), ESPECIALLY not when they're already working on fixing the incompatibilities.