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I voted a strong NO.
Here's why: This is an iRiver forum. The reason we have rockbox sub-forums is because rockbox was ported to several iriver products.
I also reject the idea of MR becoming a DAP Central, primarily because DAPreview.net already serves that purpose, and I don't think they can/should be competed with (look at creativelabratory vs. epizenter).
There is already an ipod forum (ilounge.com) and just because some MR members buy ipods and don't want to go elsewhere to discuss them doesn't mean that MR should be turned into DAP Central or any of that trash. It's like designing a product to serve one purpose and then later adding tons of updates that try to make it do something entirely different. The phrase "Jack of all trades, master of none" comes to mind.
In response to andrewmel's suggestion that MR forums and rockbox forums are the same because the bandwidth is paid for by MR...that is hardly the case. The RB forums are very different. And I can't speak for the RB devs, but I think you'd find that if you talked to them about making MR the official home of the rockbox forums, I don't think they'd like it.
I am still shocked, a good ten minutes after seeing this thread that there are that many people who voted yes. And in the end, it's really Jeff's call. But in my opinion, it's a big mistake.
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