Re: [HC Evolution] Re: libole2 -> gnomevfs backend?

[Jamie Zawinski <jwz jwz org>]

Matt Loper wrote:
> The long-term solution is to let the user decide
> Eventually, we'll be able to provide a choice (that's the linux way
> anyway, right?).

Yes it is, it's also Linux's biggest flaw.  Customizability is almost
always invoked as an excuse for not having gotten it right the first
time.  

I still think that inventing your own mail store is crazy.  The existing
mail storage standards (uh oh, I used the S word) are far from perfect,
but more than sufficient.

The only reason to support more than one store is for legacy data (and
that's a very, very good reason.)  I've still never heard a sensible
argument for inventing a new store.  "Everyone else is doing it!"

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