Dvorak can be an opinionated ass, but generally he hits the nail on
the head. With this article on MythTV, I think he has done a great
job, and in no way paints a negative light. The only incorrect part I
could see is saying that Myth won't even rec ord commercials, which we
know is not true.

I also like how he basically states that if "the man" won't give the
people what they want(M$, DRM, Hollywood), the geeks will find a way
to do it...

How is this statement negative: "In a networked, computer-based world,
the sense of community breeds a socialistic desire to share, not
covet. This mentality is at the root of all the open-source activity
and cannot be ignored or denied."

Robin


On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 17:47:35 +1000, David Whyte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I agree.  I liked the article.  Made me feel all warm inside :P
> 
> 
> On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 01:02:58 -0600, Nathan Poznick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Thus spake Andy Long:
> > > I disagree with your assessment of Dvorak's article.  I sometimes
> > > disagree with him, but I really don't think he paints MythTV in a
> > > negative light whatsoever.  This is posted for the purposes of
> > > academic discussion about the article and its implications.
> > >
> > > ------BEGIN ARTICLE-------
> > <snip>
> > > ------END ARTICLE-------
> >
> > I would have to agree - I thought that article painted MythTV in quite a
> > positive light, and actually hit the real reason why projects like
> > MythTV are such a big hit - we as consumers want *choice*, not to be
> > told when/where/how we can watch content we've paid for.  He touched on
> > the DVD issue, but made clear that such things are not part of MythTV
> > proper by explaining the plugin architecture.  Overall, I think this is
> > one of the better articles about MythTV that I've seen.
> >
> > --
> > Nathan Poznick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > Obviously I was either onto something, or on something. -- Larry Wall
> > on the creation of Perl
> >
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