On Thu, January 14, 2010 14:34, Miles Nordin wrote: >>>>>> "cg" == Christopher George <cgeo...@ddrdrive.com> writes:
> cg> inflexible proprietary nature of Li-Ion > > You can get complete systems with charging microcontroller and battery > without any undue encumbrances I can detect on sparkfun.com. What's > ``proprietary'' mean in this context? I'm pretty sure the insides of my camera batteries and such are "standard parts" at that level; but it doesn't do me any good. I don't know how to find the sources for those parts, be sure I'm right, and fake up replacements. (Also there are serviceability issues if I mess about inside and later need manufacturer service.) So I'm stuck paying for expensive proprietary batteries. When I look at something I'm buying for serious use, I consider that sort of thing. If it doesn't say something like "Takes a Foobar (or equivalent) mumble-76-x3" (or if I can't find sources for what it says it takes), that's a point against it. -- David Dyer-Bennet, d...@dd-b.net; http://dd-b.net/ Snapshots: http://dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/data/ Photos: http://dd-b.net/photography/gallery/ Dragaera: http://dragaera.info _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
